拒む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拒
Grade: S

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) こばむ [kòbáꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ba̠mɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

拒む (godan conjugation, hiragana こばむ, rōmaji kobamu)

to refuse (to do) something, to reject something
to block or obstruct

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拒む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	拒ま	こばま	kobama
Continuative (連用形)	拒み	こばみ	kobami
Terminal (終止形)	拒む	こばむ	kobamu
Attributive (連体形)	拒む	こばむ	kobamu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	拒め	こばめ	kobame
Imperative (命令形)	拒め	こばめ	kobame
Key constructions
Passive	拒まれる	こばまれる	kobamareru
Causative	拒ませる拒ます	こばませるこばます	kobamaseru kobamasu
Potential	拒める	こばめる	kobameru
Volitional	拒もう	こばもう	kobamō
Negative	拒まない	こばまない	kobamanai
Negative continuative	拒まず	こばまず	kobamazu
Formal	拒みます	こばみます	kobamimasu
Perfective	拒んだ	こばんだ	kobanda
Conjunctive	拒んで	こばんで	kobande
Hypothetical conditional	拒めば	こばめば	kobameba

Synonyms

(refuse): 否 (いな)む (inamu)

Antonyms

(refuse): 受 (う)け取 (と)る (uketoru), 受 (う)け入 (い)れる (ukeireru), 認 (みと)める (mitomeru): : to accept; to receive

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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