かいもとめる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
買い求める

From 買(か)い (kai, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 買(か)う (kau)) + 求(もと)める (motomeru).

かいもとめる • (kaimotomeru) ^{←かひもとめる (kafimotomeru)^?}ichidan (stem かいもとめ (kaimotome), past かいもとめた (kaimotometa))

to purchase
お買(か)い求(もと)めくださいませ
o-kaimotome kudasaimase
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Conjugation of "かいもとめる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	かいもとめ	kaimotome
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	かいもとめ	kaimotome
Shūshikei ("terminal")	かいもとめる	kaimotomeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	かいもとめる	kaimotomeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	かいもとめれ	kaimotomere
Meireikei ("imperative")	かいもとめよ¹ かいもとめろ²	kaimotomeyo¹ kaimotomero²
Key constructions
Passive	かいもとめられる	kaimotomerareru
Causative	かいもとめさせるかいもとめさす	kaimotomesaseru kaimotomesasu
Potential	かいもとめられるかいもとめれる³	kaimotomerareru kaimotomereru³
Volitional	かいもとめよう	kaimotomeyō
Negative	かいもとめないかいもとめぬかいもとめん	kaimotomenai kaimotomenu kaimotomen
Negative continuative	かいもとめず	kaimotomezu
Formal	かいもとめます	kaimotomemasu
Perfective	かいもとめた	kaimotometa
Conjunctive	かいもとめて	kaimotomete
Hypothetical conditional	かいもとめれば	kaimotomereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN