訪ねる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
訪
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
尋ねる
訊ねる

Etymology

From Old Japanese verb 訪ぬ (tadunu).

Development

Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) たずねる [tàzúnéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠zɨne̞ɾɯ̟]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 訪ねる
Plain 訪ねる たずねる [tàzúnéꜜrù]
Conjunctive 訪ねて たずねて [tàzúꜜnètè]
Perfective 訪ねた たずねた [tàzúꜜnètà]
Negative 訪ねない たずねない [tàzúnéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 訪ねなかった たずねなかった [tàzúnéꜜnàkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional 訪ねれば たずねれば [tàzúnéꜜrèbà]
Past conditional 訪ねたら たずねたら [tàzúꜜnètàrà]
Imperative 訪ねろ
訪ねよ 		たずねろ
たずねよ 		[tàzúnéꜜrò]
[tàzúnéꜜyò]
Volitional 訪ねよう たずねよー [tàzúnéyóꜜò]
Desiderative 訪ねたい たずねたい [tàzúnétáꜜì]
Formal 訪ねます たずねます [tàzúnémáꜜsù]
Formal negative 訪ねません たずねません [tàzúnémáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 訪ねましょう たずねましょー [tàzúnémáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 訪ねました たずねました [tàzúnémáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 訪ね
訪ねに 		たずね
たずねに 		[tàzúꜜnè]
[tàzúꜜnè nì]
Negative continuative 訪ねず
訪ねずに 		たずねず
たずねずに 		[tàzúnéꜜzù]
[tàzúnéꜜzù nì]
Passive 訪ねられる たずねられる [tàzúnéráréꜜrù]
Causative 訪ねさせる
訪ねさす 		たずねさせる
たずねさす 		[tàzúnésáséꜜrù]
[tàzúnésáꜜsù]
Potential 訪ねられる
訪ねれる 		たずねられる
たずねれる 		[tàzúnéráréꜜrù]
[tàzúnéréꜜrù]

Verb

訪(たず)ねる • (tazuneru) transitive ichidan (stem 訪(たず)ね (tazune), past 訪(たず)ねた (tazuneta))

  1. call on someone, visit
    Synonym: 訪問する
    友人(ゆうじん)の家(うち)を訪(たず)ねる
    yūjin no uchi o tazuneru
    to visit a friend’s home

Usage notes

  • The subject must be animate (e.g. a person).
  • The object can be either animate (e.g. a person) or inanimate (e.g. a location).
  • The action must be on purpose, non-arbitrary, non-coincidental or non-accidental.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "訪ねる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 訪ね たずね tazune
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 訪ね たずね tazune
Shūshikei ("terminal") 訪ねる たずねる tazuneru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 訪ねる たずねる tazuneru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 訪ねれ たずねれ tazunere
Meireikei ("imperative") 訪ねよ¹
訪ねろ² 		たずねよ¹
たずねろ² 		tazuneyo¹
tazunero²
Key constructions
Passive 訪ねられる たずねられる tazunerareru
Causative 訪ねさせる
訪ねさす 		たずねさせる
たずねさす 		tazunesaseru
tazunesasu
Potential 訪ねられる
訪ねれる³ 		たずねられる
たずねれる³ 		tazunerareru
tazunereru³
Volitional 訪ねよう たずねよう tazuneyō
Negative 訪ねない
訪ねぬ
訪ねん 		たずねない
たずねぬ
たずねん 		tazunenai
tazunenu
tazunen
Negative continuative 訪ねず たずねず tazunezu
Formal 訪ねます たずねます tazunemasu
Perfective 訪ねた たずねた tazuneta
Conjunctive 訪ねて たずねて tazunete
Hypothetical conditional 訪ねれば たずねれば tazunereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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