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拝む

拝む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拝
Grade: 6

Pronunciation

Kun'yomi

IPA^(key): [o̞ɺ̠o̞ɡ̃a̠mɯᵝ]

Verb

拝む ‎(transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おろがむ, romaji orogamu, historical hiragana をろがむ)

to bow in a sign of reverence
to bring ones hands together and pray

Etymology 2

/wogamu/ > /ogamu/. From older 拝む ‎(orogamu).

Pronunciation

Kun'yomi

IPA^(key): [o̞ɡ̃a̠mɯᵝ]

Verb

拝む ‎(transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おがむ, romaji ogamu, historical hiragana をがむ)

to bow in a sign of reverence
to bring ones hands together and pray
(humble) to see

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	拝ま	おがま	ogama
Continuative (連用形)	拝み	おがみ	ogami
Terminal (終止形)	拝む	おがむ	ogamu
Attributive (連体形)	拝む	おがむ	ogamu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	拝め	おがめ	ogame
Imperative (命令形)	拝め	おがめ	ogame
Key constructions
Passive	拝まれる	おがまれる	ogamareru
Causative	拝ませる拝ます	おがませるおがます	ogamaseru ogamasu
Potential	拝める	おがめる	ogameru
Volitional	拝もう	おがもう	ogamō
Negative	拝まない	おがまない	ogamanai
Negative continuative	拝まず	おがまず	ogamazu
Formal	拝みます	おがみます	ogamimasu
Perfective	拝んだ	おがんだ	oganda
Conjunctive	拝んで	おがんで	ogande
Hypothetical conditional	拝めば	おがめば	ogameba