試みる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こころ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
課みる

Etymology

From (kokoro, heart, mind) +‎ 見る (miru, to look, watch, take care).[1][2]

The (mi) is written as an okurigana to indicate the reading of 試.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「試みる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
試みる ころみ
Imperative (命令形) 試みろ ころみ
Key constructions
Passive 試みられる ころみられ
Causative 試みさせる ころみさせ
Potential 試みられる ころみられ
Volitional 試みよう ころみよ
Negative 試みない ころみない
Negative perfective 試みなかった ころみなかった
Formal 試みます ころみま
Perfective 試みた ころみた
Conjunctive 試みて ころみて
Hypothetical conditional 試みれば ころみれば

Verb

(こころ)みる (kokoromirutransitive ichidan (stem (こころ) (kokoromi), past (こころ)みた (kokoromita))

  1. to try, attempt
  2. to taste, sample

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN