盗む
ぬすむ · nusumu
To steal
- to plagiarize, to steal (a technique, idea, etc.), to watch and learn
- to do stealthily
- to do during scant time
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 盗みますぬすみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 盗みませんぬすみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 盗みましたぬすみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 盗みませんでしたぬすみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 盗みましょうぬすみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 盗みぬすみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 盗みたいぬすみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 盗みながらぬすみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 盗んでぬすんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 盗んだぬすんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 盗んだらぬすんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 盗んでいるぬすんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 盗まないぬすまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 盗まなかったぬすまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 盗まなくてぬすまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 盗めるぬすめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 盗めばぬすめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 盗めぬすめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 盗もうぬすもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 盗まれるぬすまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 盗ませるぬすませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 盗まされるぬすまされる |
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What does 盗む mean?
To steal. It can also mean: to plagiarize, to steal (a technique, idea, etc.), to watch and learn; to do stealthily; to do during scant time.
How do you pronounce 盗む?
ぬすむ (nusumu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 盗む?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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