認める

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
認
みと
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) みとめる [mìtómérú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [mʲito̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "認める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
認める みとめる [mìtómérú]
Imperative (命令形) 認めろ みとめろ [mìtóméró]
Key constructions
Passive 認められる みとめられる [mìtómérárérú]
Causative 認めさせる みとめさせる [mìtómésásérú]
Potential 認められる みとめられる [mìtómérárérú]
Volitional 認めよう みとめよ​ー [mìtóméyóꜜò]
Negative 認めない みとめない [mìtóménáí]
Negative perfective 認めなかった みとめな​かった [mìtóménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 認めます みとめま​す [mìtómémáꜜsù]
Perfective 認めた みとめた [mìtómétá]
Conjunctive 認めて みとめて [mìtómété]
Hypothetical conditional 認めれば みとめれ​ば [mìtóméréꜜbà]

Verb

認(みと)める • (mitomeru) ichidan (stem 認(みと)め (mitome), past 認(みと)めた (mitometa))

  1. to accept, admit, to approve, to allow
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      シリア政(せい)府(ふ)はデモ隊(たい)への発砲(はっぽう)をやめ、平(へい)和(わ)的抗(てきこう)議(ぎ)を認(みと)めねばならない。
      Shiria seifu wa demotai e no happō o yame, heiwateki kōgi o mitomeneba naranai.
      The Syrian government must stop shooting demonstrators and allow peaceful protests.
  2. to recognize
    本当(ほんとう)だということを認(みと)めなければなりません。
    Hontō da to iu koto o mitomenakereba narimasen.
    One must recognize that it is true.
  3. to acknowledge
  4. to concede
  5. to appreciate, to witness
  6. to observe or notice
Conjugation
Synonyms
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
認
したた
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) したため​る [shìtátáméꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕi̥ta̠ta̠me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

認(したた)める • (shitatameru) transitive ichidan (stem 認(したた)め (shitatame), past 認(したた)めた (shitatameta))

  1. write (some text; a letter); put down (one's thoughts on paper)
  2. eat; put down (a meal)
  3. treat; deal with
  4. prepare
  5. subdue
Conjugation

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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