めあわせる
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 女わせる 妻せる 妻合せる 妻合わせる 娶せる 娶わせる |
Etymology
From 女 (me, “woman”) + 合わせる (awaseru, “to cause to meet”)
Pronunciation
Verb
めあわせる • (meawaseru) ←めあはせる (meafaseru)?transitive ichidan (stem めあわせ (meawase), past めあわせた (meawaseta))
- to marry off (to)
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | めあわせ | meawase | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | めあわせ | meawase | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | めあわせる | meawaseru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | めあわせる | meawaseru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | めあわせれ | meawasere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | めあわせよ¹ めあわせろ² |
meawaseyo¹ meawasero² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | めあわせられる | meawaserareru | |
| Causative | めあわせさせる めあわせさす |
meawasesaseru meawasesasu | |
| Potential | めあわせられる めあわせれる³ |
meawaserareru meawasereru³ | |
| Volitional | めあわせよう | meawaseyō | |
| Negative | めあわせない めあわせぬ めあわせん |
meawasenai meawasenu meawasen | |
| Negative continuative | めあわせず | meawasezu | |
| Formal | めあわせます | meawasemasu | |
| Perfective | めあわせた | meawaseta | |
| Conjunctive | めあわせて | meawasete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | めあわせれば | meawasereba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN