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認める

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
みと
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「認める
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
認める とめる [mìtómérú]
Imperative (命令形) 認めろ とめろ [mìtóméró]
Key constructions
Passive 認められる とめられる [mìtómérárérú]
Causative 認めさせる とめさせる [mìtómésásérú]
Potential 認められる とめられる [mìtómérárérú]
Volitional 認めよう とめよ [mìtóméyóꜜò]
Negative 認めない とめない [mìtóménáí]
Negative perfective 認めなかった とめなかった [mìtóménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 認めます とめま [mìtómémáꜜsù]
Perfective 認めた とめた [mìtómétá]
Conjunctive 認めて とめて [mìtómété]
Hypothetical conditional 認めれば とめれ [mìtóméréꜜbà]

Verb

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(みと)める (mitomeruichidan (stem (みと) (mitome), past (みと)めた (mitometa))

  1. to accept, admit, to approve, to allow
    • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
      シリア(せい)()はデモ(たい)への発砲(はっぽう)をやめ、(へい)()的抗(てきこう)()(みと)めねばならない。
      Shiria seifu wa demotai e no happō o yame, heiwateki kōgi o mitomeneba naranai.
      The Syrian government must stop shooting demonstrators and allow peaceful protests.
  2. to recognize
    本当(ほんとう)だということを(みと)めなければなりません。
    Hontō da to iu koto o mitomenakereba narimasen.
    One must recognize that it is true.
  3. to acknowledge
    国際的(こくさいてき)(みと)められた
    kokusaiteki ni mitomerareta
    internationally acknowledged
  4. to concede
    (かれ)()(ぶん)(あやま)ちを(みと)めた
    Kare wa jibun no ayamachi o mitometa.
    He conceded he made a mistake.
  5. to appreciate, to witness
  6. to observe or notice
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
したた
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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(したた)める (shitatamerutransitive ichidan (stem (したた) (shitatame), past (したた)めた (shitatameta))

  1. write (some text; a letter); put down (one's thoughts on paper)
  2. eat; put down (a meal)
  3. treat; deal with
  4. prepare
  5. subdue
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN