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愛でる

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
賞でる (rare)

Etymology

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⟨me2du⟩ → */məɨdu//med͡zu//mederu/

From Old Japanese verb 愛づ (medu).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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()でる (mederutransitive ichidan (stem () (mede), past ()でた (medeta))

  1. to love
    Synonyms: 愛しむ (itsukushimu), 好む (konomu)
    Antonyms: 厭う (itou), 嫌う (kirau), 憎む (nikumu)
    (はな)()でる
    hana o mederu
    to love flowers
  2. to adore
    Synonyms: 愛おしむ (itooshimu), 可愛がる (kawaigaru)
  3. to admire, to appreciate
    Synonyms: 感心する (kanshin suru), 誉める (homeru)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN