めざす

Japanese
Alternative spellings
目指す
目差す

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "目指す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 目指す めざ​す [mèzáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 目指せ めざ​せ [mèzáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 目指される めざされ​る [mèzásáréꜜrù]
Causative 目指させる めざさせ​る [mèzásáséꜜrù]
Potential 目指せる めざせ​る [mèzáséꜜrù]
Volitional 目指そう めざそ​ー [mèzásóꜜò]
Negative 目指さない めざさ​ない [mèzásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 目指さなかった めざさ​なかった [mèzásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 目指します めざしま​す [mèzáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 目指した めざ​した [mèzáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 目指して めざ​して [mèzáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 目指せば めざ​せば [mèzáꜜsèbà]

Verb

めざす • (mezasu) transitive godan (stem めざし (mezashi), past めざした (mezashita))

  1. to aim for, be after
    • 2018 February 28, “TOEIC ni deru fukugōmeishi 50 sen! [50 compound nouns that appear in TOEIC]”, in English Hacker‎:
      多(おお)くのビジネスに関(かん)する複(ふく)合(ごう)名(めい)詞(し)を覚(おぼ)えて、TOEIC(トーイック)ハイスコアを目(め)指(ざ)しましょう！
      ōku no bijinesu ni kan suru fukugōmeishi o oboete, Tōikku hai sukoa o mezashimashō!
      By remembering lots of business-related compound nouns, let’s aim for a high TOEIC score!
  2. to head towards, go towards

Conjugation
Conjugation of "めざす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") めざさ mezasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") めざし mezashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") めざす mezasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") めざす mezasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") めざせ mezase
Meireikei ("imperative") めざせ mezase
Key constructions
Passive めざされる mezasareru
Causative めざさせる
めざさす		 mezasaseru
mezasasu
Potential めざせる mezaseru
Volitional めざそう mezasō
Negative めざさない mezasanai
Negative continuative めざさず mezasazu
Formal めざします mezashimasu
Perfective めざした mezashita
Conjunctive めざして mezashite
Hypothetical conditional めざせば mezaseba

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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