あやめる
Japanese
Alternative spellings |
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危める 殺める |
Etymology
/ajamu/ → /ajamuru/ → /ajameru/
First attested in the late Muromachi period.[1]
Possibly cognate with 危うい (ayaui, “dangerous, perilous”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) あやめる [àyáméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA(key): [a̠ja̠me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
あやめる • (ayameru) ichidan (stem あやめ (ayame), past あやめた (ayameta))
- 危める: to wound
- 危める, 殺める: to kill
Conjugation
Conjugation of "あやめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | あやめ | ayame | ||
Continuative (連用形) | あやめ | ayame | ||
Terminal (終止形) | あやめる | ayameru | ||
Attributive (連体形) | あやめる | ayameru | ||
Hypothetical (仮定形) | あやめれ | ayamere | ||
Imperative (命令形) | あやめよ¹ あやめろ² | ayameyo¹ ayamero² | ||
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | あやめられる | ayamerareru | ||
Causative | あやめさせる あやめさす | ayamesaseru ayamesasu | ||
Potential | あやめられる あやめれる³ | ayamerareru ayamereru³ | ||
Volitional | あやめよう | ayameyō | ||
Negative | あやめない あやめぬ あやめん | ayamenai ayamenu ayamen | ||
Negative continuative | あやめず | ayamezu | ||
Formal | あやめます | ayamemasu | ||
Perfective | あやめた | ayameta | ||
Conjunctive | あやめて | ayamete | ||
Hypothetical conditional | あやめれば | ayamereba | ||
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Classical conjugation of "あやむ" (マ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | あやめ | ayame | |
Continuative (連用形) | あやめ | ayame | |
Terminal (終止形) | あやむ | ayamu | |
Attributive (連体形) | あやむる | ayamuru | |
Realis (已然形) | あやむれ | ayamure | |
Imperative (命令形) | あやめよ | ayameyo | |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | あやめず | ayamezu | |
Contrasting conjunction | あやむれど | ayamuredo | |
Causal conjunction | あやむれば | ayamureba | |
Conditional conjunction | あやめば | ayameba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | あやめき | ayameki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | あやめけり | ayamekeri | |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | あやめつ | ayametu | |
Perfect tense (natural event) | あやめぬ | ayamenu | |
Perfect-continuative tense | あやめたり | ayametari | |
Volitional | あやめむ | ayamemu |
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN