尊ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尊
Grade: 6

Alternative forms

貴ぶ

Verb

尊ぶ (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana とうとぶ, rōmaji tōtobu)

(alternative reading hiragana たっとぶ, romaji tattobu)

respect, honor, revere, venerate
respect, value, prize

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	尊ば	とうとば	tōtoba
Continuative (連用形)	尊び	とうとび	tōtobi
Terminal (終止形)	尊ぶ	とうとぶ	tōtobu
Attributive (連体形)	尊ぶ	とうとぶ	tōtobu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	尊べ	とうとべ	tōtobe
Imperative (命令形)	尊べ	とうとべ	tōtobe
Key constructions
Passive	尊ばれる	とうとばれる	tōtobareru
Causative	尊ばせる尊ばす	とうとばせるとうとばす	tōtobaseru tōtobasu
Potential	尊べる	とうとべる	tōtoberu
Volitional	尊ぼう	とうとぼう	tōtobō
Negative	尊ばない	とうとばない	tōtobanai
Negative continuative	尊ばず	とうとばず	tōtobazu
Formal	尊びます	とうとびます	tōtobimasu
Perfective	尊んだ	とうとんだ	tōtonda
Conjunctive	尊んで	とうとんで	tōtonde
Hypothetical conditional	尊べば	とうとべば	tōtobeba

Synonyms

(revere): 崇 (あが)める (agameru), 敬 (うやま)う (uyamau)
(value): 重 (おも)んじる (omonjiru)

Antonyms

(revere): 卑 (いや)しめる (iyashimeru), 蔑 (さげす)む (sagesumu)
(value): 卑 (いや)しめる (iyashimeru), 軽 (かろ)んじる (karonjiru)

Related terms

尊 (とうと)い (tōtoi), 尊 (たっと)い (tattoi)

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