染める

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "染める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
染める める [sòmérú]
Imperative (命令形) 染めろ めろ [sòméró]
Key constructions
Passive 染められる められる [sòmérárérú]
Causative 染めさせる めさせる [sòmésásérú]
Potential 染められる められる [sòmérárérú]
Volitional 染めよう めよ [sòméyóꜜò]
Negative 染めない めない [sòménáí]
Negative perfective 染めなかった めなかった [sòménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 染めます めま [sòmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 染めた めた [sòmétá]
Conjunctive 染めて めて [sòmété]
Hypothetical conditional 染めれば めれ [sòméréꜜbà]

Verb[edit]

()める (somerutransitive ichidan (stem () (some), past ()めた (someta))

Japanese verb pair
active 染める
mediopassive 染まる
  1. to dye
    (かみ)(あか)く/(ちゃ)(いろ)()める
    kami o akaku / chairo ni someru
    to dye one's hair red / brown
  2. to color; to paint; to blush
  3. (手を染める) to set about; to be involved with
  4. (筆を染める) to start writing
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Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

()める (shimerutransitive ichidan (stem () (shime), past ()めた (shimeta))

  1. attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb: to get the color or smell through something (染み込ませる)
    ()()める
    nishimeru
    to boil down
    ()()める
    takishimeru
    to burn incense to get its smell fully into
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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN