染める

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
染
そ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「染める」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		染める そめる
Imperative (命令形) 染めろ そめろ
Key constructions
Passive 染められる そめられる
Causative 染めさせる そめさせる
Potential 染められる そめられる
Volitional 染めよう そめよー
Negative 染めない そめない
Negative perfective 染めなかった そめなかった
Formal 染めます そめます
Perfective 染めた そめた
Conjunctive 染めて そめて
Hypothetical conditional 染めれば そめれば

Verb

染(そ)める • (someru) transitive ichidan (stem 染(そ)め (some), past 染(そ)めた (someta))

Japanese verb pair
active 染める
mediopassive 染まる
  1. to dye
    髪(かみ)を赤(あか)く／茶(ちゃ)色(いろ)に染(そ)める
    kami o akaku ／ chairo ni someru
    to dye one's hair red / brown
  2. to color; to paint; to blush
  3. (手を染める) to set about; to be involved with
  4. (筆を染める) to start writing
Conjugation
Conjugation of "染める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 染め そめ some
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 染め そめ some
Shūshikei ("terminal") 染める そめる someru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 染める そめる someru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 染めれ そめれ somere
Meireikei ("imperative") 染めよ¹
染めろ² 		そめよ¹
そめろ² 		someyo¹
somero²
Key constructions
Passive 染められる そめられる somerareru
Causative 染めさせる
染めさす 		そめさせる
そめさす 		somesaseru
somesasu
Potential 染められる
染めれる³ 		そめられる
そめれる³ 		somerareru
somereru³
Volitional 染めよう そめよう someyō
Negative 染めない
染めぬ
染めん 		そめない
そめぬ
そめん 		somenai
somenu
somen
Negative continuative 染めず そめず somezu
Formal 染めます そめます somemasu
Perfective 染めた そめた someta
Conjunctive 染めて そめて somete
Hypothetical conditional 染めれば そめれば somereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
染
し
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

染(し)める • (shimeru) transitive ichidan (stem 染(し)め (shime), past 染(し)めた (shimeta))

  1. attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb: to get the color or smell through something (゠染み込ませる)
    煮(に)染(し)める
    nishimeru
    to boil down
    焚(た)き染(し)める
    takishimeru
    to burn incense to get its smell fully into
Conjugation
Conjugation of "染める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 染め しめ shime
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 染め しめ shime
Shūshikei ("terminal") 染める しめる shimeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 染める しめる shimeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 染めれ しめれ shimere
Meireikei ("imperative") 染めよ¹
染めろ² 		しめよ¹
しめろ² 		shimeyo¹
shimero²
Key constructions
Passive 染められる しめられる shimerareru
Causative 染めさせる
染めさす 		しめさせる
しめさす 		shimesaseru
shimesasu
Potential 染められる
染めれる³ 		しめられる
しめれる³ 		shimerareru
shimereru³
Volitional 染めよう しめよう shimeyō
Negative 染めない
染めぬ
染めん 		しめない
しめぬ
しめん 		shimenai
shimenu
shimen
Negative continuative 染めず しめず shimezu
Formal 染めます しめます shimemasu
Perfective 染めた しめた shimeta
Conjunctive 染めて しめて shimete
Hypothetical conditional 染めれば しめれば shimereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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