I Love Kanji尋ねる (tazuneru)
尋ねる (たずねる, tazuneru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to ask; to enquire”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たずねる
- Romaji
- tazuneru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to ask; to enquire; to inquire · ichidan verb, transitive
- to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 尋ねる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 尋ねる | たずねる tazuneru |
| Polite (~masu) | 尋ねます | たずねます tazunemasu |
| Negative | 尋ねない | たずねない tazunenai |
| Polite negative | 尋ねません | たずねません tazunemasen |
| Past | 尋ねた | たずねた tazuneta |
| Polite past | 尋ねました | たずねました tazunemashita |
| Negative past | 尋ねなかった | たずねなかった tazunenakatta |
| Te-form | 尋ねて | たずねて tazunete |
| Potential | 尋ねられる | たずねられる tazunerareru |
| Passive | 尋ねられる | たずねられる tazunerareru |
| Causative | 尋ねさせる | たずねさせる tazunesaseru |
| Volitional | 尋ねよう | たずねよう tazuneyou |
| Imperative | 尋ねろ | たずねろ tazunero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 尋ねれば | たずねれば tazunereba |
Kanji in 尋ねる
Source: JMdict entry 1369940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.