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澄ます

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
清ます

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「澄ます
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
澄ます [sùmáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 澄ませ [sùmáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 澄まされる まされ [sùmásáréꜜrù]
Causative 澄まさせる まさせ [sùmásáséꜜrù]
Potential 澄ませる ませ [sùmáséꜜrù]
Volitional 澄まそう まそ [sùmásóꜜò]
Negative 澄まさない まさない [sùmásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 澄まさなかった まさなかった [sùmásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 澄まします ましま [sùmáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 澄ました した [sùmáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 澄まして して [sùmáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 澄ませば せば [sùmáꜜsèbà]

Verb

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()ます (sumasugodan (stem ()まし (sumashi), past ()ました (sumashita))

Japanese verb pair
active ()
mediopassive ()ます
  1. to clear; to make something clear
  2. to wash clean
  3. to keep calm
  4. to concentrate one's effort; to focus one's attention
  5. to pretend as if nothing happened

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN