貢ぐ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
貢
みつ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

The spelling with 貢 derived from an association with the definition of 貢物.[1]

Cognate with 見(み)継(つ)ぐ (mitsugu).[2][3]

Pronunciation

Verb

貢(みつ)ぐ • (mitsugu) ←みつぐ (mitugu)?intransitive godan (stem 貢(みつ)ぎ (mitsugi), past 貢(みつ)いだ (mitsuida))

  1. to tribute, to give tribute (to present money or gifts to one's liege or lord)
    彼(かの)女(じょ)は借(しゃっ)金(きん)をしてまでそのホストに貢(みつ)いだ。
    Kanojo wa shakkin o shite made sono hosuto ni mitsuida.
    She gave the host money going so far as to go into debt.
  2. to support financially; to finance

Conjugation
Conjugation of "貢ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 貢が みつが mitsuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 貢ぎ みつぎ mitsugi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 貢ぐ みつぐ mitsugu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 貢ぐ みつぐ mitsugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 貢げ みつげ mitsuge
Meireikei ("imperative") 貢げ みつげ mitsuge
Key constructions
Passive 貢がれる みつがれる mitsugareru
Causative 貢がせる
貢がす		 みつがせる
みつがす		 mitsugaseru
mitsugasu
Potential 貢げる みつげる mitsugeru
Volitional 貢ごう みつごう mitsugō
Negative 貢がない みつがない mitsuganai
Negative continuative 貢がず みつがず mitsugazu
Formal 貢ぎます みつぎます mitsugimasu
Perfective 貢いだ みついだ mitsuida
Conjunctive 貢いで みついで mitsuide
Hypothetical conditional 貢げば みつげば mitsugeba
Classical conjugation of "貢ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 貢がみつがmituga
Continuative (連用形) 貢ぎみつぎmitugi
Terminal (終止形) 貢ぐみつぐmitugu
Attributive (連体形) 貢ぐみつぐmitugu
Realis (已然形) 貢げみつげmituge
Imperative (命令形) 貢げみつげmituge
Key constructions
Negative 貢がずみつがずmitugazu
Contrasting conjunction 貢げどみつげどmitugedo
Causal conjunction 貢げばみつげばmitugeba
Conditional conjunction 貢がばみつがばmitugaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 貢ぎきみつぎきmitugiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 貢ぎけりみつぎけりmitugikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 貢ぎつみつぎつmitugitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 貢ぎぬみつぎぬmituginu
Perfect-continuative tense 貢げり
貢ぎたり		みつげり
みつぎたり		mitugeri
mitugitari
Volitional 貢がむみつがむmitugamu

Derived terms

References
  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. “貢ぐ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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