嗜む
たしなむ · tashinamu
To have a taste for, to be fond of, to enjoy (in moderation), to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby)
- to be modest, to be prudent, to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 嗜みますたしなみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 嗜みませんたしなみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 嗜みましたたしなみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 嗜みませんでしたたしなみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 嗜みましょうたしなみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 嗜みたしなみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 嗜みたいたしなみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 嗜みながらたしなみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 嗜んでたしなんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 嗜んだたしなんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 嗜んだらたしなんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 嗜んでいるたしなんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 嗜まないたしなまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 嗜まなかったたしなまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 嗜まなくてたしなまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 嗜めるたしなめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 嗜めばたしなめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 嗜めたしなめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 嗜もうたしなもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 嗜まれるたしなまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 嗜ませるたしなませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 嗜まされるたしなまされる |
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What does 嗜む mean?
To have a taste for, to be fond of, to enjoy (in moderation), to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby). It can also mean: to be modest, to be prudent, to watch (e.g. one's behaviour).
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たしなむ (tashinamu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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