詠む

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
詠
よ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
誦む 咏む

Cognate with 読(よ)む (yomu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よむ [yóꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞mɯ̟]

Verb

詠(よ)む • (yomu) transitive godan (stem 詠(よ)み (yomi), past 詠(よ)んだ (yonda))

1. to compose a haiku or waka
2. to recite, to chant

Conjugation

Conjugation of "詠む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	詠ま	よま	yoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	詠み	よみ	yomi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	詠む	よむ	yomu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	詠む	よむ	yomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	詠め	よめ	yome
Meireikei ("imperative")	詠め	よめ	yome
Key constructions
Passive	詠まれる	よまれる	yomareru
Causative	詠ませる 詠ます	よませる よます	yomaseru yomasu
Potential	詠める	よめる	yomeru
Volitional	詠もう	よもう	yomō
Negative	詠まない	よまない	yomanai
Negative continuative	詠まず	よまず	yomazu
Formal	詠みます	よみます	yomimasu
Perfective	詠んだ	よんだ	yonda
Conjunctive	詠んで	よんで	yonde
Hypothetical conditional	詠めば	よめば	yomeba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
詠
なが Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠mɯ̟]

Verb

詠(なが)む • (nagamu) ^†nidan

1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to chant a poem
2. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to compose a poem

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "詠む" (マ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	詠め	ながめ	nagame
Continuative (連用形)	詠め	ながめ	nagame
Terminal (終止形)	詠む	ながむ	nagamu
Attributive (連体形)	詠むる	ながむる	nagamuru
Realis (已然形)	詠むれ	ながむれ	nagamure
Imperative (命令形)	詠めよ	ながめよ	nagameyo
Key constructions
Negative	詠めず	ながめず	nagamezu
Contrasting conjunction	詠むれど	ながむれど	nagamuredo
Causal conjunction	詠むれば	ながむれば	nagamureba
Conditional conjunction	詠めば	ながめば	nagameba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	詠めき	ながめき	nagameki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	詠めけり	ながめけり	nagamekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	詠めつ	ながめつ	nagametu
Perfect tense (natural event)	詠めぬ	ながめぬ	nagamenu
Perfect-continuative tense	詠めたり	ながめたり	nagametari
Volitional	詠めむ	ながめむ	nagamemu

Derived terms

• 詠(なが)める (nagameru, modern form)