I Love Kanji尊ぶ (toutobu)
尊ぶ (とうとぶ, toutobu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to value; to prize”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- とうとぶ
- Romaji
- toutobu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to value; to prize; to esteem · godan verb, transitive
- to respect; to honour; to honor; to revere; to look up to · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 尊ぶ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぶ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 尊ぶ | とうとぶ toutobu |
| Polite (~masu) | 尊びます | とうとびます toutobimasu |
| Negative | 尊ばない | とうとばない toutobanai |
| Polite negative | 尊びません | とうとびません toutobimasen |
| Past | 尊んだ | とうとんだ toutonda |
| Polite past | 尊びました | とうとびました toutobimashita |
| Negative past | 尊ばなかった | とうとばなかった toutobanakatta |
| Te-form | 尊んで | とうとんで toutonde |
| Potential | 尊べる | とうとべる toutoberu |
| Passive | 尊ばれる | とうとばれる toutobareru |
| Causative | 尊ばせる | とうとばせる toutobaseru |
| Volitional | 尊ぼう | とうとぼう toutobou |
| Imperative | 尊べ | とうとべ toutobe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 尊べば | とうとべば toutobeba |
Kanji in 尊ぶ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 尊ぶ.
Source: JMdict entry 1598640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.