求める

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もと
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Classical Japanese verb (もと) (motomu).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とめ [mòtóméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [mo̞to̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "求める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
求める とめ [mòtóméꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 求めろ とめ [mòtóméꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 求められる とめられ [mòtóméráréꜜrù]
Causative 求めさせる とめさせ [mòtómésáséꜜrù]
Potential 求められる とめられ [mòtóméráréꜜrù]
Volitional 求めよう とめよ [mòtóméyóꜜò]
Negative 求めない とめない [mòtóméꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 求めなかった とめなかった [mòtóméꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 求めます とめま [mòtómémáꜜsù]
Perfective 求めた めた [mòtóꜜmètà]
Conjunctive 求めて めて [mòtóꜜmètè]
Hypothetical conditional 求めれば とめれば [mòtóméꜜrèbà]

Verb

(もと)める • (motomeru) ichidan (stem (もと) (motome), past (もと)めた (motometa))

  1. to find
    x(エックス) (もと)
    Ekkusu o motomeyo.
    Find the value of x.
  2. to seek, to look for
  3. to desire, to wish
  4. to demand, to sue, to compel

Conjugation

Synonyms

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