てをそめる

Japanese
Alternative spelling
手を染める

Etymology

From 手(て) (te, “hand”) + を (o) + 染(そ)める (someru, “to color”). Literally, "to color one's hand (with)".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [te̞ o̞ so̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

てをそめる • (te o someru) ichidan (stem てをそめ (te o some), past てをそめた (te o someta))

  1. (idiomatic) to become involved (with)
    犯(はん)罪(ざい)に手(て)を染(そ)める
    hanzai ni te o someru
    to become involved in crime

Conjugation
Conjugation of "てをそめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") てをそめ てをそめ te o some
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") てをそめ てをそめ te o some
Shūshikei ("terminal") てをそめる てをそめる te o someru
Rentaikei ("attributive") てをそめる てをそめる te o someru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") てをそめれ てをそめれ te o somere
Meireikei ("imperative") てをそめよ¹
てをそめろ²		 てをそめよ¹
てをそめろ²		 te o someyo¹
te o somero²
Key constructions
Passive てをそめられる てをそめられる te o somerareru
Causative てをそめさせる
てをそめさす		 てをそめさせる
てをそめさす		 te o somesaseru
te o somesasu
Potential てをそめられる
てをそめれる³		 てをそめられる
てをそめれる³		 te o somerareru
te o somereru³
Volitional てをそめよう てをそめよう te o someyō
Negative てをそめない
てをそめぬ
てをそめん		 てをそめない
てをそめぬ
てをそめん		 te o somenai
te o somenu
te o somen
Negative continuative てをそめず てをそめず te o somezu
Formal てをそめます てをそめます te o somemasu
Perfective てをそめた てをそめた te o someta
Conjunctive てをそめて てをそめて te o somete
Hypothetical conditional てをそめれば てをそめれば te o somereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

See also
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