せきとめる
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 堰き止める 塞き止める せき止める |
Etymology
From 堰き (seki, “連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 堰く (seku).”) + 止める (tomeru).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) せきとめる [sèkítóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- (Tokyo) せきとめる [sèkítómérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [se̞kʲito̞me̞ɾɯ̟]
Verb
せきとめる • (sekitomeru) ichidan (stem せきとめ (sekitome), past せきとめた (sekitometa))
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | せきとめ | sekitome | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | せきとめ | sekitome | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | せきとめる | sekitomeru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | せきとめる | sekitomeru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | せきとめれ | sekitomere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | せきとめよ¹ せきとめろ² |
sekitomeyo¹ sekitomero² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | せきとめられる | sekitomerareru | |
| Causative | せきとめさせる せきとめさす |
sekitomesaseru sekitomesasu | |
| Potential | せきとめられる せきとめれる³ |
sekitomerareru sekitomereru³ | |
| Volitional | せきとめよう | sekitomeyō | |
| Negative | せきとめない せきとめぬ せきとめん |
sekitomenai sekitomenu sekitomen | |
| Negative continuative | せきとめず | sekitomezu | |
| Formal | せきとめます | sekitomemasu | |
| Perfective | せきとめた | sekitometa | |
| Conjunctive | せきとめて | sekitomete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | せきとめれば | sekitomereba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential