尊ぶ
とうとぶ · toutobu (also spelled totobu)
To value, to prize, to esteem
- to respect, to honour, to honor, to revere, to look up to
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 尊びますとうとびます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 尊びませんとうとびません |
| Polite past (ました) | 尊びましたとうとびました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 尊びませんでしたとうとびませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 尊びましょうとうとびましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 尊びとうとび |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 尊びたいとうとびたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 尊びながらとうとびながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 尊んでとうとんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 尊んだとうとんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 尊んだらとうとんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 尊んでいるとうとんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 尊ばないとうとばない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 尊ばなかったとうとばなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 尊ばなくてとうとばなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 尊べるとうとべる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 尊べばとうとべば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 尊べとうとべ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 尊ぼうとうとぼう |
| Passive (受身形) | 尊ばれるとうとばれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 尊ばせるとうとばせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 尊ばされるとうとばされる |
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What does 尊ぶ mean?
To value, to prize, to esteem. It can also mean: to respect, to honour, to honor, to revere, to look up to.
How do you pronounce 尊ぶ?
とうとぶ (toutobu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 尊ぶ?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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