耳を澄ます
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 耳 | 澄 |
| みみ Grade: 1 |
す Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
Etymology
[edit]Literally, "to clear one's ears" or "to make one's ears clear".
Verb
[edit]耳を澄ます • (mimi o sumasu) godan (stem 耳を澄まし (mimi o sumashi), past 耳を澄ました (mimi o sumashita))
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "耳を澄ます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 耳を澄まさ | みみをすまさ | mimi o sumasa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 耳を澄まし | みみをすまし | mimi o sumashi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 耳を澄ます | みみをすます | mimi o sumasu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 耳を澄ます | みみをすます | mimi o sumasu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 耳を澄ませ | みみをすませ | mimi o sumase |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 耳を澄ませ | みみをすませ | mimi o sumase |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 耳を澄まされる | みみをすまされる | mimi o sumasareru |
| Causative | 耳を澄まさせる 耳を澄まさす |
みみをすまさせる みみをすまさす |
mimi o sumasaseru mimi o sumasasu |
| Potential | 耳を澄ませる | みみをすませる | mimi o sumaseru |
| Volitional | 耳を澄まそう | みみをすまそう | mimi o sumasō |
| Negative | 耳を澄まさない | みみをすまさない | mimi o sumasanai |
| Negative continuative | 耳を澄まさず | みみをすまさず | mimi o sumasazu |
| Formal | 耳を澄まします | みみをすまします | mimi o sumashimasu |
| Perfective | 耳を澄ました | みみをすました | mimi o sumashita |
| Conjunctive | 耳を澄まして | みみをすまして | mimi o sumashite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 耳を澄ませば | みみをすませば | mimi o sumaseba |
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 耳 read as みみ
- Japanese terms spelled with 澄 read as す
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese godan verbs
- Japanese godan verbs ending with -su
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with を
- Japanese idioms