しむ
Japanese
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使む 令む |
Alternative forms
- (modernized) しめる (-shimeru)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕimɯ̟ᵝ]
Suffix
しむ • (-shimu) †nidan
- (archaic, after mizenkei stem)
- Forming causative forms of verbs: to make (someone do)
- 1945, Hirohito, Jewel Voice Broadcast
- 朕ハ帝國政府ヲシテ米英支蘇四國ニ對シ其ノ共同宣言ヲ受諾スル旨通告セシメタリ
- Chin wa teikoku seifu o shite bei ei shi so shikoku ni taishi sono kyōdō sengen o judaku suru mune tsūkoku seshimetari
- We have ordered our government to communicate to the governments of the United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union that our empire accepts the provisions of their joint declaration.
- 朕ハ帝國政府ヲシテ米英支蘇四國ニ對シ其ノ共同宣言ヲ受諾スル旨通告セシメタリ
- A honorific or humble suffix.
- Forming causative forms of verbs: to make (someone do)
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "しむ" (マ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | しめ | sime | |
Continuative (連用形) | しめ | sime | |
Terminal (終止形) | しむ | simu | |
Attributive (連体形) | しむる | simuru | |
Realis (已然形) | しむれ | simure | |
Imperative (命令形) | しめよ | simeyo | |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | しめず | simezu | |
Contrasting conjunction | しむれど | simuredo | |
Causal conjunction | しむれば | simureba | |
Conditional conjunction | しめば | simeba | |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | しめき | simeki | |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | しめけり | simekeri | |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | しめつ | simetu | |
Perfect tense (natural event) | しめぬ | simenu | |
Perfect-continuative tense | しめたり | simetari | |
Volitional | しめむ | simemu |
See also
- せる (-seru)
- させる (-saseru)