細める
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 細 |
| ほそ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Verb
細める • (hosomeru) ichidan (stem 細め (hosome), past 細めた (hosometa))
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | 細める |
| mediopassive | 細まる |
- (transitive) to (make) narrow
- 目を細める ― me o hosomeru ― to narrow one's eyes
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 細め | ほそめ | hosome |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 細め | ほそめ | hosome |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 細める | ほそめる | hosomeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 細める | ほそめる | hosomeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 細めれ | ほそめれ | hosomere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 細めよ¹ 細めろ² |
ほそめよ¹ ほそめろ² |
hosomeyo¹ hosomero² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 細められる | ほそめられる | hosomerareru |
| Causative | 細めさせる 細めさす |
ほそめさせる ほそめさす |
hosomesaseru hosomesasu |
| Potential | 細められる 細めれる³ |
ほそめられる ほそめれる³ |
hosomerareru hosomereru³ |
| Volitional | 細めよう | ほそめよう | hosomeyō |
| Negative | 細めない 細めぬ 細めん |
ほそめない ほそめぬ ほそめん |
hosomenai hosomenu hosomen |
| Negative continuative | 細めず | ほそめず | hosomezu |
| Formal | 細めます | ほそめます | hosomemasu |
| Perfective | 細めた | ほそめた | hosometa |
| Conjunctive | 細めて | ほそめて | hosomete |
| Hypothetical conditional | 細めれば | ほそめれば | hosomereba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Related terms
- 細い (hosoi)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN