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勉める
勉める
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 勉 |
| Grade: 3 |
Verb
勉める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana つとめる, romaji tsutomeru)
- Alternative form of 努める
Conjugation
Conjugation of "勉める" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 勉め | つとめ | tsutome | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 勉め | つとめ | tsutome | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 勉める | つとめる | tsutomeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 勉める | つとめる | tsutomeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 勉めれ | つとめれ | tsutomere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 勉めよ¹ 勉めろ² |
つとめよ¹ つとめろ² |
tsutomeyo¹ tsutomero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 勉められる | つとめられる | tsutomerareru | |
| Causative | 勉めさせる 勉めさす |
つとめさせる つとめさす |
tsutomesaseru tsutomesasu |
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| Potential | 勉められる 勉めれる³ |
つとめられる つとめれる³ |
tsutomerareru tsutomereru³ |
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| Volitional | 勉めよう | つとめよう | tsutomeyō | |
| Negative | 勉めない 勉めぬ 勉めん |
つとめない つとめぬ つとめん |
tsutomenai tsutomenu tsutomen |
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| Negative continuative | 勉めず | つとめず | tsutomezu | |
| Formal | 勉めます | つとめます | tsutomemasu | |
| Perfective | 勉めた | つとめた | tsutometa | |
| Conjunctive | 勉めて | つとめて | tsutomete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 勉めれば | つとめれば | tsutomereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||