尋ねる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
尋
たず
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese 尋ぬ (tazunu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "尋ねる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 尋ねる たずね​る [tàzúnéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 尋ねろ たずね​ろ [tàzúnéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 尋ねられる たずねられ​る [tàzúnéráréꜜrù]
Causative 尋ねさせる たずねさせ​る [tàzúnésáséꜜrù]
Potential 尋ねられる たずねられ​る [tàzúnéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 尋ねよう たずねよ​ー [tàzúnéyóꜜò]
Negative 尋ねない たずね​ない [tàzúnéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 尋ねなかった たずね​なかった [tàzúnéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 尋ねます たずねま​す [tàzúnémáꜜsù]
Perfective 尋ねた たず​ねた [tàzúꜜnètà]
Conjunctive 尋ねて たず​ねて [tàzúꜜnètè]
Hypothetical conditional 尋ねれば たずね​れば [tàzúnéꜜrèbà]

Verb

尋(たず)ねる • (tazuneru) transitive ichidan (stem 尋(たず)ね (tazune), past 尋(たず)ねた (tazuneta))

  1. ask (a question)
    Synonyms: 聞く (kiku), (humble) 伺う (ukagau)
    道(みち)を尋(たず)ねる
    michi o tazuneru
    to ask for directions
  2. search, look for, investigate
    Synonym: 探す (sagasu)
    生(い)き別(わか)れの子(こ)を尋(たず)ねる
    ikiwakare no ko o tazuneru
    to search for a long-lost child
    真(しん)理(り)を尋(たず)ねる
    shinri o tazuneru
    to seek truth

Conjugation
Conjugation of "尋ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 尋ね たずね tazune
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 尋ね たずね tazune
Shūshikei ("terminal") 尋ねる たずねる tazuneru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 尋ねる たずねる tazuneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 尋ねれ たずねれ tazunere
Meireikei ("imperative") 尋ねよ¹
尋ねろ²		 たずねよ¹
たずねろ²		 tazuneyo¹
tazunero²
Key constructions
Passive 尋ねられる たずねられる tazunerareru
Causative 尋ねさせる
尋ねさす		 たずねさせる
たずねさす		 tazunesaseru
tazunesasu
Potential 尋ねられる
尋ねれる³		 たずねられる
たずねれる³		 tazunerareru
tazunereru³
Volitional 尋ねよう たずねよう tazuneyō
Negative 尋ねない
尋ねぬ
尋ねん		 たずねない
たずねぬ
たずねん		 tazunenai
tazunenu
tazunen
Negative continuative 尋ねず たずねず tazunezu
Formal 尋ねます たずねます tazunemasu
Perfective 尋ねた たずねた tazuneta
Conjunctive 尋ねて たずねて tazunete
Hypothetical conditional 尋ねれば たずねれば tazunereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
  • お尋(たず)ね (otazune): (n.) asking (for polite)

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
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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