卑しむ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
卑
いや Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
卑しむ (kyūjitai) 賤しむ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いやし​む [ìyáshíꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) いやしむ [ìyáshímú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ija̠ɕimɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

卑(いや)しむ • (iyashimu) transitive godan (stem 卑(いや)しみ (iyashimi), past 卑(いや)しんだ (iyashinda))

1. Synonym of 卑しめる

Conjugation

Conjugation of "卑しむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	卑しま	いやしま	iyashima
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	卑しみ	いやしみ	iyashimi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	卑しむ	いやしむ	iyashimu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	卑しむ	いやしむ	iyashimu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	卑しめ	いやしめ	iyashime
Meireikei ("imperative")	卑しめ	いやしめ	iyashime
Key constructions
Passive	卑しまれる	いやしまれる	iyashimareru
Causative	卑しませる 卑します	いやしませる いやします	iyashimaseru iyashimasu
Potential	卑しめる	いやしめる	iyashimeru
Volitional	卑しもう	いやしもう	iyashimō
Negative	卑しまない	いやしまない	iyashimanai
Negative continuative	卑しまず	いやしまず	iyashimazu
Formal	卑しみます	いやしみます	iyashimimasu
Perfective	卑しんだ	いやしんだ	iyashinda
Conjunctive	卑しんで	いやしんで	iyashinde
Hypothetical conditional	卑しめば	いやしめば	iyashimeba

Classical conjugation of "卑しむ" (マ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	卑しま	いやしま	yasima
Continuative (連用形)	卑しみ	いやしみ	yasimi
Terminal (終止形)	卑しむ	いやしむ	yasimu
Attributive (連体形)	卑しむ	いやしむ	yasimu
Realis (已然形)	卑しめ	いやしめ	yasime
Imperative (命令形)	卑しめ	いやしめ	yasime
Key constructions
Negative	卑しまず	いやしまず	yasimazu
Contrasting conjunction	卑しめど	いやしめど	yasimedo
Causal conjunction	卑しめば	いやしめば	yasimeba
Conditional conjunction	卑しまば	いやしまば	yasimaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	卑しみき	いやしみき	yasimiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	卑しみけり	いやしみけり	yasimikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	卑しみつ	いやしみつ	yasimitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	卑しみぬ	いやしみぬ	yasiminu
Perfect-continuative tense	卑しめり 卑しみたり	いやしめり いやしみたり	yasimeri yasimitari
Volitional	卑しまむ	いやしまむ	yasimamu

Classical conjugation of "卑しむ" (マ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	卑しめ	いやしめ	yasime
Continuative (連用形)	卑しめ	いやしめ	yasime
Terminal (終止形)	卑しむ	いやしむ	yasimu
Attributive (連体形)	卑しむる	いやしむる	yasimuru
Realis (已然形)	卑しむれ	いやしむれ	yasimure
Imperative (命令形)	卑しめよ	いやしめよ	yasimeyo
Key constructions
Negative	卑しめず	いやしめず	yasimezu
Contrasting conjunction	卑しむれど	いやしむれど	yasimuredo
Causal conjunction	卑しむれば	いやしむれば	yasimureba
Conditional conjunction	卑しめば	いやしめば	yasimeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	卑しめき	いやしめき	yasimeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	卑しめけり	いやしめけり	yasimekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	卑しめつ	いやしめつ	yasimetu
Perfect tense (natural event)	卑しめぬ	いやしめぬ	yasimenu
Perfect-continuative tense	卑しめたり	いやしめたり	yasimetari
Volitional	卑しめむ	いやしめむ	yasimemu