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Japanese verb見つめる (mitsumeru) Conjugation
見つめる (mitsumeru) means “to stare, to gaze, to look hard”. It is a る-verb (ichidan) verb. It is a る-verb (ichidan): drop the る and add the ending, so 見つめます, 見つめない, 見つめて. Below is its conjugation in all 14 forms, plain and polite, the same forms the Japanese verb conjugation worksheets print in their answer keys.
- Meaning
- to stare, to gaze, to look hard
- Type
- る-verb (ichidan)
- Dictionary form
- 見つめる
- Reading
- みつめる
- Romaji
- mitsumeru
- Masu form
- 見つめます
- Nai form
- 見つめない
- Te-form
- 見つめて
- Ta form
- 見つめた
Basic forms
Present現在形・辞書形
| Plain | 見つめる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめない |
| Polite | 見つめます |
| Polite negative | 見つめません |
Past過去形・た形
| Plain | 見つめた |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめなかった |
| Polite | 見つめました |
| Polite negative | 見つめませんでした |
Te-formて形
| Plain | 見つめて |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめないで |
Progressive (-te iru)ている
| Plain | 見つめている |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめていない |
| Polite | 見つめています |
| Polite negative | 見つめていません |
Wanting, inviting, telling
Want to (-tai)たい形
| Plain | 見つめたい |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめたくない |
| Polite | 見つめたいです |
| Polite negative | 見つめたくないです |
Volitional意向形
| Plain | 見つめよう |
|---|---|
| Polite | 見つめましょう |
Imperative and requests命令形
| Plain command | 見つめろ |
|---|---|
| Plain negative (don't) | 見つめるな |
| Polite request (-te kudasai) | 見つめてください |
| Polite negative (-naide kudasai) | 見つめないでください |
Can and if
Potential可能形
| Plain | 見つめられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめられない |
| Polite | 見つめられます |
| Polite negative | 見つめられません |
Conditional (-ba)仮定形・ば
| Plain | 見つめれば |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめなければ |
Conditional (-tara)たら
| Plain | 見つめたら |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめなかったら |
Passive and causative
Passive受身形
| Plain | 見つめられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめられない |
| Polite | 見つめられます |
| Polite negative | 見つめられません |
Causative使役形
| Plain | 見つめさせる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめさせない |
| Polite | 見つめさせます |
| Polite negative | 見つめさせません |
Causative passive使役受身形
| Plain | 見つめさせられる |
|---|---|
| Plain negative | 見つめさせられない |
| Polite | 見つめさせられます |
| Polite negative | 見つめさせられません |
More common Japanese verbs and adjectives
- 望む (nozomu)to desire, to want, to wish for
- 落ち込む (ochikomu)to feel down, to feel sad, to be depressed
- 生かす (ikasu)to make use of, to put to good use, to leverage
- 絞る (shiboru)to wring, to squeeze
- 図る (hakaru)to plan, to attempt, to devise
- 膨れる (fukureru)to swell, to expand, to be inflated
- 競り合う (seriau)to struggle for, to compete with, to vie with
- 取りまとめる (torimatomeru)to collect, to gather, to compile
- 扱う (atsukau)to deal with, to treat, to handle
- 移す (utsusu)to transfer, to change, to move
- 起こす (okosu)to raise, to raise up, to set up
- 見当たる (miataru)to be found
About these tables
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