訪ねる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
訪
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
尋ねる 訊ねる

Etymology

From Old Japanese verb 訪ぬ (tadunu).

Development

Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たずねる [tàzúnéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠zɨne̞ɾɯ̟]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「訪ねる」

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	訪ねる	たずねる	[tàzúnéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形)	訪ねろ	たずねろ	[tàzúnéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive	訪ねられる	たずねられる	[tàzúnéráréꜜrù]
Causative	訪ねさせる	たずねさせる	[tàzúnésáséꜜrù]
Potential	訪ねられる	たずねられる	[tàzúnéráréꜜrù]
Volitional	訪ねよう	たずねよー	[tàzúnéyóꜜò]
Negative	訪ねない	たずねない	[tàzúnéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective	訪ねなかった	たずねなかった	[tàzúnéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal	訪ねます	たずねます	[tàzúnémáꜜsù]
Perfective	訪ねた	たずねた	[tàzúꜜnètà]
Conjunctive	訪ねて	たずねて	[tàzúꜜnètè]
Hypothetical conditional	訪ねれば	たずねれば	[tàzúnéꜜrèbà]

• Homophone: 尋ねる

Verb

訪(たず)ねる • (tazuneru) transitive ichidan (stem 訪(たず)ね (tazune), past 訪(たず)ねた (tazuneta))

1. call on someone, visit

   Synonym: 訪問する

   友人(ゆうじん)の家(うち)を訪(たず)ねる

   yūjin no uchi o tazuneru

   to visit a friend’s home

Usage notes

• The subject must be animate (e.g. a person).
• The object can be either animate (e.g. a person) or inanimate (e.g. a location).
• The action must be on purpose, non-arbitrary, non-coincidental or non-accidental.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "訪ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	訪ね	たずね	tazune
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	訪ね	たずね	tazune
Shūshikei ("terminal")	訪ねる	たずねる	tazuneru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	訪ねる	たずねる	tazuneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	訪ねれ	たずねれ	tazunere
Meireikei ("imperative")	訪ねよ¹ 訪ねろ²	たずねよ¹ たずねろ²	tazuneyo¹ tazunero²
Key constructions
Passive	訪ねられる	たずねられる	tazunerareru
Causative	訪ねさせる 訪ねさす	たずねさせる たずねさす	tazunesaseru tazunesasu
Potential	訪ねられる 訪ねれる³	たずねられる たずねれる³	tazunerareru tazunereru³
Volitional	訪ねよう	たずねよう	tazuneyō
Negative	訪ねない 訪ねぬ 訪ねん	たずねない たずねぬ たずねん	tazunenai tazunenu tazunen
Negative continuative	訪ねず	たずねず	tazunezu
Formal	訪ねます	たずねます	tazunemasu
Perfective	訪ねた	たずねた	tazuneta
Conjunctive	訪ねて	たずねて	tazunete
Hypothetical conditional	訪ねれば	たずねれば	tazunereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Related terms

• 訪(おとず)れる (otozureru): Also means "visit" but with different usage rules.