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盗む

盗む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盗
ぬす Grade: S
kun'yomi

See also 盗み

Alternative forms

偸む

Verb

盗む ‎(godan conjugation, hiragana ぬすむ, romaji nusumu)

to steal
彼 (かれ)は宝 (ほう)石 (せき)を盗 (ぬす)む。

Kare wa hōseki o nusumu.

He steals jewels.
- 2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ダーク・ナイトの巻まき【後こう編へん】 [Dark Knight [Last Chapter]]”, in まじっく快かい斗と [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 978-4-09-121005-0, page 186:
  いや…彼 (かれ)は盗 (ぬす)んで行 (い)きましたよ…この子 (こ)のために…悪 (しん)夢 (じつ)をね…
  
  Iya… Kare wa nusunde ikimashita yo… Kono ko no tame ni… Shinjitsu o ne…
  
  No… It was this man who tried to steal it… For this kid's sake… That's the nightmarish truth…

Conjugation

Conjugation of "盗む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	盗ま	ぬすま	nusuma
Continuative (連用形)	盗み	ぬすみ	nusumi
Terminal (終止形)	盗む	ぬすむ	nusumu
Attributive (連体形)	盗む	ぬすむ	nusumu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	盗め	ぬすめ	nusume
Imperative (命令形)	盗め	ぬすめ	nusume
Key constructions
Passive	盗まれる	ぬすまれる	nusumareru
Causative	盗ませる盗ます	ぬすませるぬすます	nusumaseru nusumasu
Potential	盗める	ぬすめる	nusumeru
Volitional	盗もう	ぬすもう	nusumō
Negative	盗まない	ぬすまない	nusumanai
Negative continuative	盗まず	ぬすまず	nusumazu
Formal	盗みます	ぬすみます	nusumimasu
Perfective	盗んだ	ぬすんだ	nusunda
Conjunctive	盗んで	ぬすんで	nusunde
Hypothetical conditional	盗めば	ぬすめば	nusumeba