勇む
いさむ · isamu
To be in high spirits, to be encouraged, to be lively, to cheer up
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 勇みますいさみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 勇みませんいさみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 勇みましたいさみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 勇みませんでしたいさみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 勇みましょういさみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 勇みいさみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 勇みたいいさみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 勇みながらいさみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 勇んでいさんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 勇んだいさんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 勇んだらいさんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 勇んでいるいさんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 勇まないいさまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 勇まなかったいさまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 勇まなくていさまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 勇めるいさめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 勇めばいさめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 勇めいさめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 勇もういさもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 勇まれるいさまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 勇ませるいさませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 勇まされるいさまされる |
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What does 勇む mean?
To be in high spirits, to be encouraged, to be lively, to cheer up.
How do you pronounce 勇む?
いさむ (isamu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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