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忌む
忌む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 忌 |
| Grade: S |
Alternative forms
- 諱む
Verb
忌む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いむ, romaji imu)
Usage notes
This is often found in the expression 忌むべき meaning detestable.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "忌む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 忌ま | いま | ima |
| Continuative (連用形) | 忌み | いみ | imi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 忌む | いむ | imu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 忌む | いむ | imu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 忌め | いめ | ime |
| Imperative (命令形) | 忌め | いめ | ime |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 忌まれる | いまれる | imareru |
| Causative | 忌ませる 忌ます |
いませる います |
imaseru imasu |
| Potential | 忌める | いめる | imeru |
| Volitional | 忌もう | いもう | imō |
| Negative | 忌まない | いまない | imanai |
| Negative continuative | 忌まず | いまず | imazu |
| Formal | 忌みます | いみます | imimasu |
| Perfective | 忌んだ | いんだ | inda |
| Conjunctive | 忌んで | いんで | inde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 忌めば | いめば | imeba |