みとれる
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 見蕩れる 見惚れる 見とれる |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) みとれる [mìtórérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mʲito̞ɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
みとれる • (mitoreru) ←みとれる (mitoreru)? ichidan (stem みとれ (mitore), past みとれた (mitoreta))
- to be captivated and unable to look away
- 2014, n-buna (lyrics), “夜明けと蛍 [Dawn and Firefly]”:
- 淡い月に見とれてしまうから
- awai tsuki ni mitoreteshimau kara
- because I am entranced by the dim moon
- 淡い月に見とれてしまうから
Conjugation
Conjugation of "みとれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | みとれ | mitore | ||
| Continuative (連用形) | みとれ | mitore | ||
| Terminal (終止形) | みとれる | mitoreru | ||
| Attributive (連体形) | みとれる | mitoreru | ||
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | みとれれ | mitorere | ||
| Imperative (命令形) | みとれよ¹ みとれろ² | mitoreyo¹ mitorero² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | みとれられる | mitorerareru | ||
| Causative | みとれさせる みとれさす | mitoresaseru mitoresasu | ||
| Potential | みとれられる みとれれる³ | mitorerareru mitorereru³ | ||
| Volitional | みとれよう | mitoreyō | ||
| Negative | みとれない みとれぬ みとれん | mitorenai mitorenu mitoren | ||
| Negative continuative | みとれず | mitorezu | ||
| Formal | みとれます | mitoremasu | ||
| Perfective | みとれた | mitoreta | ||
| Conjunctive | みとれて | mitorete | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | みとれれば | mitorereba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN