表層形
名指す
ナザス
動詞
名指す (ナザス)
Nazasu · なざす — to name, to call by name, to mention by name
Other ways to say “to name” in Japanese →
名指す in rōmaji: nazasu.
動詞
一般
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🔤 五段-サ行 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月16日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
名指す
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|---|---|
| 読み (Reading) |
ナザス
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-サ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
終止形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
名指す
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| 読み・基本形 |
ナザス
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| 表記・基本形 |
名指す
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| 見出し語の読み |
ナザス
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💡 English Meaning
名指す means “to name, to call by name, to mention by name” — full definition & examples →
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ナザス
動詞一般**
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
名指します
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| て形 (Te-form) |
名指して
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| 過去形 (Past) |
名指した
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
名指さない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
名指しましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
名指せる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
名指される
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
名指させる
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Did you know · 動詞
動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (名指す) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (名指す) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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