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望む
望む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 望 |
|
のぞ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
望む (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana のぞむ, romaji nozomu)
- to wish, to hope, to want, to desire
- to expect someone to do something, to hope something from someone
- to see from far away, to command a view
Conjugation
Conjugation of "望む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 望ま | のぞま | nozoma |
| Continuative (連用形) | 望み | のぞみ | nozomi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 望む | のぞむ | nozomu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 望む | のぞむ | nozomu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 望め | のぞめ | nozome |
| Imperative (命令形) | 望め | のぞめ | nozome |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 望まれる | のぞまれる | nozomareru |
| Causative | 望ませる 望ます |
のぞませる のぞます |
nozomaseru nozomasu |
| Potential | 望める | のぞめる | nozomeru |
| Volitional | 望もう | のぞもう | nozomō |
| Negative | 望まない | のぞまない | nozomanai |
| Negative continuative | 望まず | のぞまず | nozomazu |
| Formal | 望みます | のぞみます | nozomimasu |
| Perfective | 望んだ | のぞんだ | nozonda |
| Conjunctive | 望んで | のぞんで | nozonde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 望めば | のぞめば | nozomeba |