諦める

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See also: 飽きる, and 締める

Japanese

Kanji in this term
諦
あきら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Verb

諦(あきら)める • (akirameru) transitive ichidan (stem 諦(あきら)め (akirame), past 諦(あきら)めた (akirameta))

  1. to abandon
  2. to give up, to despair
    • 2007, 松岡修造 (Shuzo Matsuoka)
      諦(あきら)めんなよ！諦(あきら)めんなお前(まえ)！どうしてそこで諦(あきら)めるんだよそこで！もう少(すこ)し頑張(がんば)ってみろよ！ダメダメダメダメ、諦(あきら)めたら！
      Akiramenna yo! Akiramenna omae! Dōshite soko de akirameru n da yo soko de! Mō sukoshi ganbattemiro yo! Dame dame dame dame, akirametara!
      Don't give up! Don't give up, you hear me!? How can you give up after coming so far!? Try to hang on a bit more! You absolutely, absolutely, absolutely cannot give up!

Conjugation

Conjugation of "諦める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 諦め あきらめ akirame
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 諦め あきらめ akirame
Shūshikei ("terminal") 諦める あきらめる akirameru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 諦める あきらめる akirameru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 諦めれ あきらめれ akiramere
Meireikei ("imperative") 諦めよ¹
諦めろ² 		あきらめよ¹
あきらめろ² 		akirameyo¹
akiramero²
Key constructions
Passive 諦められる あきらめられる akiramerareru
Causative 諦めさせる
諦めさす 		あきらめさせる
あきらめさす 		akiramesaseru
akiramesasu
Potential 諦められる
諦めれる³ 		あきらめられる
あきらめれる³ 		akiramerareru
akiramereru³
Volitional 諦めよう あきらめよう akirameyō
Negative 諦めない
諦めぬ
諦めん 		あきらめない
あきらめぬ
あきらめん 		akiramenai
akiramenu
akiramen
Negative continuative 諦めず あきらめず akiramezu
Formal 諦めます あきらめます akiramemasu
Perfective 諦めた あきらめた akirameta
Conjunctive 諦めて あきらめて akiramete
Hypothetical conditional 諦めれば あきらめれば akiramereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

References

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