もてあます
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 持て余す 持余す (dated) |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) もてあます [mòtéámáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- (Tokyo) もてあます [mòtéámású] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞te̞a̠ma̠sɨᵝ]
Verb
もてあます • (moteamasu) godan (stem もてあまし (moteamashi), past もてあました (moteamashita))
- (transitive) to be uncertain how to handle (something / someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "もてあます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | もてあまさ | moteamasa | |
| Continuative (連用形) | もてあまし | moteamashi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | もてあます | moteamasu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | もてあます | moteamasu | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | もてあませ | moteamase | |
| Imperative (命令形) | もてあませ | moteamase | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | もてあまされる | moteamasareru | |
| Causative | もてあまさせる もてあまさす | moteamasaseru moteamasasu | |
| Potential | もてあませる | moteamaseru | |
| Volitional | もてあまそう | moteamasō | |
| Negative | もてあまさない | moteamasanai | |
| Negative continuative | もてあまさず | moteamasazu | |
| Formal | もてあまします | moteamashimasu | |
| Perfective | もてあました | moteamashita | |
| Conjunctive | もてあまして | moteamashite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | もてあませば | moteamaseba | |
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN