娶る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
娶
めと
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 女(め) (me, “woman”) + 取(と)る (toru, “to take”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めとる [mètóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [me̞to̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

娶(めと)る • (metoru) godan (stem 娶(めと)り (metori), past 娶(めと)った (metotta))

  1. to take a wife; to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of "娶る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 娶ら めとるら metorura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 娶り めとるり metoruri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 娶る めとるる metoruru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 娶る めとるる metoruru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 娶れ めとるれ metorure
Meireikei ("imperative") 娶れ めとるれ metorure
Key constructions
Passive 娶られる めとるられる metorurareru
Causative 娶らせる
娶らす 		めとるらせる
めとるらす 		metoruraseru
metorurasu
Potential 娶れる めとるれる metorureru
Volitional 娶ろう めとるろう metorurō
Negative 娶らない めとるらない metoruranai
Negative continuative 娶らず めとるらず metorurazu
Formal 娶ります めとるります metorurimasu
Perfective 娶った めとるった metorutta
Conjunctive 娶って めとるって metorutte
Hypothetical conditional 娶れば めとるれば metorureba

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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