笑む
えむ · emu
To smile
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 笑みますえみます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 笑みませんえみません |
| Polite past (ました) | 笑みましたえみました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 笑みませんでしたえみませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 笑みましょうえみましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 笑みえみ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 笑みたいえみたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 笑みながらえみながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 笑んでえんで |
| Plain past (た形) | 笑んだえんだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 笑んだらえんだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 笑んでいるえんでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 笑まないえまない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 笑まなかったえまなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 笑まなくてえまなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 笑めるえめる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 笑めばえめば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 笑めえめ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 笑もうえもう |
| Passive (受身形) | 笑まれるえまれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 笑ませるえませる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 笑まされるえまされる |
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What does 笑む mean?
To smile.
How do you pronounce 笑む?
えむ (emu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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