I Love Kanji拝む (ogamu)
拝む (おがむ, ogamu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おがむ
- Romaji
- ogamu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects · godan verb, transitive
- to beg; to make a supplication · godan verb, transitive
- to see (something or someone of high status) · godan verb, transitive · humble · sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 拝む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 拝む | おがむ ogamu |
| Polite (~masu) | 拝みます | おがみます ogamimasu |
| Negative | 拝まない | おがまない ogamanai |
| Polite negative | 拝みません | おがみません ogamimasen |
| Past | 拝んだ | おがんだ oganda |
| Polite past | 拝みました | おがみました ogamimashita |
| Negative past | 拝まなかった | おがまなかった ogamanakatta |
| Te-form | 拝んで | おがんで ogande |
| Potential | 拝める | おがめる ogameru |
| Passive | 拝まれる | おがまれる ogamareru |
| Causative | 拝ませる | おがませる ogamaseru |
| Volitional | 拝もう | おがもう ogamou |
| Imperative | 拝め | おがめ ogame |
| Conditional (~ba) | 拝めば | おがめば ogameba |
Kanji in 拝む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 拝む.
Source: JMdict entry 1472230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.