芽ぐむ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From () (me) + ぐむ (-gumu).

Verb

()ぐむ • (megumugodan (stem ()ぐみ (megumi), past ()ぐんだ (megunda))

  1. to bud, to sprout

Conjugation

Conjugation of "芽ぐむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 芽ぐま めぐま meguma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 芽ぐみ めぐみ megumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 芽ぐむ めぐむ megumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 芽ぐむ めぐむ megumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 芽ぐめ めぐめ megume
Meireikei ("imperative") 芽ぐめ めぐめ megume
Key constructions
Passive 芽ぐまれる めぐまれる megumareru
Causative 芽ぐませる
芽ぐます
めぐませる
めぐます
megumaseru
megumasu
Potential 芽ぐめる めぐめる megumeru
Volitional 芽ぐもう めぐもう megumō
Negative 芽ぐまない めぐまない megumanai
Negative continuative 芽ぐまず めぐまず megumazu
Formal 芽ぐみます めぐみます megumimasu
Perfective 芽ぐんだ めぐんだ megunda
Conjunctive 芽ぐんで めぐんで megunde
Hypothetical conditional 芽ぐめば めぐめば megumeba

References

  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN