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): [ta̠zɨᵝne̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "訪ねる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 訪ねる たずね​る [tàzúnéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 訪ねろ たずね​ろ [tàzúnéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 訪ねられる たずねられ​る [tàzúnéráréꜜrù]
Causative 訪ねさせる たずねさせ​る [tàzúnésáséꜜrù]
Potential 訪ねられる たずねられ​る [tàzúnéráréꜜrù]
Volitional 訪ねよう たずねよ​ー [tàzúnéyóꜜò]
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]
Formal 訪ねます たずねま​す [tàzúnémáꜜsù]
Perfective 訪ねた たず​ねた [tàzúꜜnètà]
Conjunctive 訪ねて たず​ねて [tàzúꜜnètè]
Hypothetical conditional 訪ねれば たずね​れば [tàzúnéꜜrèbà]

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
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