めとる

Japanese
Alternative spelling
娶る

Etymology

Compound of 女 (me, “woman”) and 取る (toru, “to take”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) めと​る [mètóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [me̞to̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

めとる • (metoru) godan (stem めとり (metori), past めとった (metotta))

  1. to take a wife; to marry

Conjugation
Conjugation of "めとる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") めとら metora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") めとり metori
Shūshikei ("terminal") めとる metoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") めとる metoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") めとれ metore
Meireikei ("imperative") めとれ metore
Key constructions
Passive めとられる metorareru
Causative めとらせる
めとらす		 metoraseru
metorasu
Potential めとれる metoreru
Volitional めとろう metorō
Negative めとらない metoranai
Negative continuative めとらず metorazu
Formal めとります metorimasu
Perfective めとった metotta
Conjunctive めとって metotte
Hypothetical conditional めとれば metoreba

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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