刻む

Japanese
Kanji in this term
刻
きざ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
See also 刻み

Pronunciation

Verb

刻む (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana きざむ, rōmaji kizamu)

  1. to chop, mince[2]
  2. to carve, to cut[2]
  3. to tick away, to keep time[2]

Conjugation
Conjugation of "刻む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 刻ま きざま kizama
Continuative (連用形) 刻み きざみ kizami
Terminal (終止形) 刻む きざむ kizamu
Attributive (連体形) 刻む きざむ kizamu
Hypothetical (仮定形) 刻め きざめ kizame
Imperative (命令形) 刻め きざめ kizame
Key constructions
Passive 刻まれる きざまれる kizamareru
Causative 刻ませる
刻ます		 きざませる
きざます		 kizamaseru
kizamasu
Potential 刻める きざめる kizameru
Volitional 刻もう きざもう kizamō
Negative 刻まない きざまない kizamanai
Negative continuative 刻まず きざまず kizamazu
Formal 刻みます きざみます kizamimasu
Perfective 刻んだ きざんだ kizanda
Conjunctive 刻んで きざんで kizande
Hypothetical conditional 刻めば きざめば kizameba

References
  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
  2. Taishukan's Genius Japanese-English Dictionary (in English), Tōkyō: Taishukan, 1998.
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