慎む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
慎
つつし
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
愼む (kyūjitai)
謹む
虔む

Etymology

Cognate with 包む (tsutsumu).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つつし​む [tsùtsúshíꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][4][5]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝt͡sɨᵝɕimɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "慎む"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
慎む つつし​む [tsùtsúshíꜜmù]
Imperative (命令形) 慎め つつし​め [tsùtsúshíꜜmè]
Key constructions
Passive 慎まれる つつしまれ​る [tsùtsúshímáréꜜrù]
Causative 慎ませる つつしませ​る [tsùtsúshímáséꜜrù]
Potential 慎める つつしめ​る [tsùtsúshíméꜜrù]
Volitional 慎もう つつしも​ー [tsùtsúshímóꜜò]
Negative 慎まない つつしま​ない [tsùtsúshímáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 慎まなかった つつしま​なかった [tsùtsúshímáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 慎みます つつしみま​す [tsùtsúshímímáꜜsù]
Perfective 慎んだ つつし​んだ [tsùtsúshíꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 慎んで つつし​んで [tsùtsúshíꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 慎めば つつし​めば [tsùtsúshíꜜmèbà]

Verb

慎(つつし)む • (tsutsushimu) transitive godan (stem 慎(つつし)み (tsutsushimi), past 慎(つつし)んだ (tsutsushinda))

  1. be mindful of
    言葉(ことば)を謹(つつし)んでね。
    Kotoba o tsutsushinde ne.
    Make sure to mind your words.
  2. be prudent

Conjugation

References

  1. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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