目を盗む
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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目 | 盗 |
め Grade: 1 | ぬす Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 人目を盗む (hitome o nusumu)
Etymology
From 目 (“eyes”) + を (“to steal”) + 盗む. Literally: to steal (someone's) eyes.
Verb
目を盗む • (me o nusumu) godan (stem 目を盗み (me o nusumi), past 目を盗んだ (me o nusunda))
- (idiomatic) to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
- 母の目を盗んで漫画を読む
- haha no me o nusunde manga o yomu
- to read manga without being seen by mother
- 母の目を盗んで漫画を読む
Usage notes
Usually expressed in the form of ~の目を盗んで~.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "目を盗む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 目を盗ま | めをぬすま | me o nusuma |
Continuative (連用形) | 目を盗み | めをぬすみ | me o nusumi |
Terminal (終止形) | 目を盗む | めをぬすむ | me o nusumu |
Attributive (連体形) | 目を盗む | めをぬすむ | me o nusumu |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 目を盗め | めをぬすめ | me o nusume |
Imperative (命令形) | 目を盗め | めをぬすめ | me o nusume |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 目を盗まれる | めをぬすまれる | me o nusumareru |
Causative | 目を盗ませる 目を盗ます | めをぬすませる めをぬすます | me o nusumaseru me o nusumasu |
Potential | 目を盗める | めをぬすめる | me o nusumeru |
Volitional | 目を盗もう | めをぬすもう | me o nusumō |
Negative | 目を盗まない | めをぬすまない | me o nusumanai |
Negative continuative | 目を盗まず | めをぬすまず | me o nusumazu |
Formal | 目を盗みます | めをぬすみます | me o nusumimasu |
Perfective | 目を盗んだ | めをぬすんだ | me o nusunda |
Conjunctive | 目を盗んで | めをぬすんで | me o nusunde |
Hypothetical conditional | 目を盗めば | めをぬすめば | me o nusumeba |