染める

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
染
そ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そめる [sòmérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "染める"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
染める そめる [sòmérú]
Imperative (命令形) 染めろ そめろ [sòméró]
Key constructions
Passive 染められる そめられる [sòmérárérú]
Causative 染めさせる そめさせる [sòmésásérú]
Potential 染められる そめられる [sòmérárérú]
Volitional 染めよう そめよ​ー [sòméyóꜜò]
Negative 染めない そめない [sòménáí]
Negative perfective 染めなかった そめな​かった [sòménáꜜkàttà]
Formal 染めます そめま​す [sòmémáꜜsù]
Perfective 染めた そめた [sòmétá]
Conjunctive 染めて そめて [sòmété]
Hypothetical conditional 染めれば そめれ​ば [sòméréꜜbà]

Verb

染(そ)める • (someru) transitive ichidan (stem 染(そ)め (some), past 染(そ)めた (someta))

Japanese verb pair
active 染める
mediopassive 染まる
  1. to dye
    髪(かみ)を赤(あか)く/茶(ちゃ)色(いろ)に染(そ)める
    kami o akaku / chairo ni someru
    to dye one's hair red / brown
  2. to color; to paint; to blush
  3. (手を染める) to set about; to be involved with
  4. (筆を染める) to start writing
Conjugation

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
染
し
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しめる [shìmérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕime̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

染(し)める • (shimeru) transitive ichidan (stem 染(し)め (shime), past 染(し)めた (shimeta))

  1. attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb: to get the color or smell through something (=染み込ませる)
    煮(に)染(し)める
    nishimeru
    to boil down
    焚(た)き染(し)める
    takishimeru
    to burn incense to get its smell fully into
Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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