辿る
たどる · tadoru
To follow (a road, path, etc.), to trace
- to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.), to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.), to retrace (e.g. one's memory), to search, to go over
- to head towards (of a situation), to go in the direction of, to take (a course), to pursue (a path), to meet (a fate)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 辿りますたどります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 辿りませんたどりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 辿りましたたどりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 辿りませんでしたたどりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 辿りましょうたどりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 辿りたどり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 辿りたいたどりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 辿りながらたどりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 辿ってたどって |
| Plain past (た形) | 辿ったたどった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 辿ったらたどったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 辿っているたどっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 辿らないたどらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 辿らなかったたどらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 辿らなくてたどらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 辿れるたどれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 辿ればたどれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 辿れたどれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 辿ろうたどろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 辿られるたどられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 辿らせるたどらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 辿らされるたどらされる |
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What does 辿る mean?
To follow (a road, path, etc.), to trace. It can also mean: to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.), to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.), to retrace (e.g. one's memory), to search, to go over; to head towards (of a situation), to go in the direction of, to take (a course), to pursue (a path), to meet (a fate).
How do you pronounce 辿る?
たどる (tadoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 辿る?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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