撫でる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
撫
な
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese verb 撫づ (nadu → nazu).

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「撫でる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		撫でる なでる
Imperative (命令形) 撫でろ なでろ
Key constructions
Passive 撫でられる なでられる
Causative 撫でさせる なでさせる
Potential 撫でられる なでられる
Volitional 撫でよう なでよー
Negative 撫でない なでない
Negative perfective 撫でなかった なでなかった
Formal 撫でます なでます
Perfective 撫でた なでた
Conjunctive 撫でて なでて
Hypothetical conditional 撫でれば なでれば

Verb

撫(な)でる • (naderu) transitive ichidan (stem 撫(な)で (nade), past 撫(な)でた (nadeta))

  1. to stroke, caress

Conjugation

Conjugation of "撫でる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 撫で なで nade
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 撫で なで nade
Shūshikei ("terminal") 撫でる なでる naderu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 撫でる なでる naderu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 撫でれ なでれ nadere
Meireikei ("imperative") 撫でよ¹
撫でろ² 		なでよ¹
なでろ² 		nadeyo¹
nadero²
Key constructions
Passive 撫でられる なでられる naderareru
Causative 撫でさせる
撫でさす 		なでさせる
なでさす 		nadesaseru
nadesasu
Potential 撫でられる
撫でれる³ 		なでられる
なでれる³ 		naderareru
nadereru³
Volitional 撫でよう なでよう nadeyō
Negative 撫でない
撫でぬ
撫でん 		なでない
なでぬ
なでん 		nadenai
nadenu
naden
Negative continuative 撫でず なでず nadezu
Formal 撫でます なでます nademasu
Perfective 撫でた なでた nadeta
Conjunctive 撫でて なでて nadete
Hypothetical conditional 撫でれば なでれば nadereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ The template Template:R:ja:Martin 1987 does not use the parameter(s): 
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