"求める" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [mo̞to̞me̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From Classical Japanese verb 求(もと)む (motomu). Development Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|求む|もとむ}} 求(もと)む (motomu), {{m|ja|下二段活用||lower bigrade conjugation|tr=shimo nidan katsuyō}} 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), {{m|ja|下一段活用||lower monograde conjugation|tr=shimo ichidan katsuyō}} 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|もとめる|type=2}} 求(もと)める • (motomeru) ichidan (stem 求(もと)め (motome), past 求(もと)めた (motometa)) Forms: 求める [canonical] (ruby: (もと)), motomeru [romanization], 求め [stem] (ruby: (もと)), 求めた [past] (ruby: (もと)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 求め [error-unrecognized-form], もとめ [error-unrecognized-form], motome [error-unrecognized-form], 求める [error-unrecognized-form], もとめる [error-unrecognized-form], motomeru [error-unrecognized-form], 求めれ [error-unrecognized-form], もとめれ [error-unrecognized-form], motomere [error-unrecognized-form], 求めよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 求めろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], もとめよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], もとめろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], motomeyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], motomero [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 求められる [passive], もとめられる [passive], motomerareru [passive], 求めさせる [causative], 求めさす [causative], もとめさせる [causative], もとめさす [causative], motomesaseru [causative], motomesasu [causative], 求められる [potential], 求めれる [colloquial, potential], もとめられる [potential], もとめれる [colloquial, potential], motomerareru [potential], motomereru [colloquial, potential], 求めよう [volitional], もとめよう [volitional], motomeyō [volitional], 求めない [negative], 求めぬ [negative], 求めん [negative], もとめない [negative], もとめぬ [negative], もとめん [negative], motomenai [negative], motomenu [negative], motomen [negative], 求めず [continuative, negative], もとめず [continuative, negative], motomezu [continuative, negative], 求めます [formal], もとめます [formal], motomemasu [formal], 求めた [perfective], もとめた [perfective], motometa [perfective], 求めて [conjunctive], もとめて [conjunctive], motomete [conjunctive], 求めれば [conditional, hypothetical], もとめれば [conditional, hypothetical], motomereba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to find
    Sense id: en-求める-ja-verb-dN8zHEYd Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 31 34 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 26 24 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 28 25 24 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 26 24 26 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 25 25 22
  2. to seek, to look for
    Sense id: en-求める-ja-verb-dyoAdvzC Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 31 34 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 26 24 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 28 25 24 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 26 24 26 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 25 25 22 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 21 32 23 23
  3. to desire, to wish
    Sense id: en-求める-ja-verb-rp-FmIZk Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 31 34 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 26 24 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 28 25 24 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 26 24 26 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 25 25 22
  4. to demand, to sue, to compel
    Sense id: en-求める-ja-verb-yJg7c2GN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 31 34 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 26 24 25 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 28 25 24 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 26 24 26 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 25 25 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 求む (motomu) (ruby: (もと)) [literary]

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Find the value of x.",
          "roman": "Ekkusu o motomeyo.",
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        {
          "english": "The accused shall be permitted full opportunity to examine all witnesses, and he shall have the right of compulsory process for obtaining witnesses on his behalf at public expense. (Article 37.2)",
          "ref": "1946, Constitution of Japan 何人も、公務員の不法行爲により、損害を受けたときは、法律の定めるところにより、國又は公共團體に、その賠償を求めることができる。 Nanpito mo, kōmuin no fuhōkōi ni yori, songai o uketa toki wa, hōritsu no sadameru tokoro ni yori, kuni mata wa kōkyō-dantai ni, sono baishō o motomeru koto ga dekiru. Every person may sue for redress as provided by law from the State or a public entity, in case he has suffered damage through illegal act of any public official. (Article 17)",
          "roman": "Keiji hikokunin wa, subete no shōnin ni taishite shinmon-suru kikai o jūbun ni ataerare, mata, kōhi de jiko no tame ni kyōseiteki tetsuzuki ni yori shōnin o motomeru kenri o yūsuru.",
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              "務",
              "む"
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            [
              "員",
              "いん"
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              "不",
              "ふ"
            ],
            [
              "法行",
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            ],
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              "爲",
              "い"
            ],
            [
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              "そんがい"
            ],
            [
              "受",
              "う"
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            [
              "法律",
              "ほうりつ"
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            [
              "定",
              "さだ"
            ],
            [
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              "くにまた"
            ],
            [
              "公",
              "こう"
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            [
              "共",
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              "證",
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            ],
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              "分",
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            [
              "與",
              "あた"
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            [
              "又",
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              "公",
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              "費",
              "ひ"
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              "强",
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              "せいてき"
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            [
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          "english": "The accused shall be permitted full opportunity to examine all witnesses, and he shall have the right of compulsory process for obtaining witnesses on his behalf at public expense. (Article 37.2)",
          "ref": "1946, Constitution of Japan 何人も、公務員の不法行爲により、損害を受けたときは、法律の定めるところにより、國又は公共團體に、その賠償を求めることができる。 Nanpito mo, kōmuin no fuhōkōi ni yori, songai o uketa toki wa, hōritsu no sadameru tokoro ni yori, kuni mata wa kōkyō-dantai ni, sono baishō o motomeru koto ga dekiru. Every person may sue for redress as provided by law from the State or a public entity, in case he has suffered damage through illegal act of any public official. (Article 17)",
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              "ゆう"
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "求める",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "求める"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "求める",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.