目を盗む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 目 | 盗 |
| め Grade: 1 |
ぬす Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 目を盜む (kyūjitai) |
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)
Usage notes
Usually expressed in the form of 〜の目を盗んで〜.
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 目を盗ま | めをぬすま | me o nusuma |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 目を盗み | めをぬすみ | me o nusumi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 目を盗む | めをぬすむ | me o nusumu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 目を盗む | めをぬすむ | me o nusumu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 目を盗め | めをぬすめ | me o nusume |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 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 |