訊ねる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 訊 |
| たず Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
Verb
訊ねる (ichidan conjugation, hiragana たずねる, rōmaji tazuneru, historical hiragana たづねる)
- to ask.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "訊ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 訊ね | たずね | tazune | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 訊ね | たずね | tazune | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 訊ねる | たずねる | tazuneru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 訊ねる | たずねる | tazuneru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 訊ねれ | たずねれ | tazunere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 訊ねよ¹ 訊ねろ² | たずねよ¹ たずねろ² | tazuneyo¹ tazunero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 訊ねられる | たずねられる | tazunerareru | |
| Causative | 訊ねさせる 訊ねさす | たずねさせる たずねさす | tazunesaseru tazunesasu | |
| Potential | 訊ねられる 訊ねれる³ | たずねられる たずねれる³ | tazunerareru tazunereru³ | |
| Volitional | 訊ねよう | たずねよう | tazuneyō | |
| Negative | 訊ねない 訊ねぬ 訊ねん | たずねない たずねぬ たずねん | tazunenai tazunenu tazunen | |
| Negative continuative | 訊ねず | たずねず | tazunezu | |
| Formal | 訊ねます | たずねます | tazunemasu | |
| Perfective | 訊ねた | たずねた | tazuneta | |
| Conjunctive | 訊ねて | たずねて | tazunete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 訊ねれば | たずねれば | tazunereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Synonyms
- 尋ねる (tazuneru): to ask; to inquire
- 聞く (kiku): to listen; to ask
- 掛ける (kakeru): to pose (e.g., a question)