例える

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たと
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
喩える
譬える

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "例える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
例える とえ [tàtóéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 例えろ とえ [tàtóéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 例えられる とえられ [tàtóéráréꜜrù]
Causative 例えさせる とえさせ [tàtóésáséꜜrù]
Potential 例えられる とえられ [tàtóéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 例えよう とえよ [tàtóéyóꜜò]
Negative 例えない とえない [tàtóéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 例えなかった とえなかった [tàtóéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 例えます とえま [tàtóémáꜜsù]
Perfective 例えた えた [tàtóꜜètà]
Conjunctive 例えて えて [tàtóꜜètè]
Hypothetical conditional 例えれば とえれば [tàtóéꜜrèbà]

Verb

(たと)える • (tatoeru) transitive ichidan (stem (たと) (tatoe), past (たと)えた (tatoeta))

  1. compare, liken

Conjugation

  • (たと)えば (tatoeba, for example, e.g.)
  • (たと)えようもない (tatoeyō mo nai), (たと)(よう)もない (tatoeyō mo nai), (たと)(よう)() (tatoeyō mo nai): beyond comparison, incomparable
  • たとえ (tatoe)
  • (たと)えるなら (tatoeru nara, for example)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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