いむ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
忌む 諱む 斎む

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いむ [íꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [imɯ̟]

Verb

いむ • (imu) intransitive godan (stem いみ (imi), past いんだ (inda))

1. to avoid
2. to detest

   忌(い)むべき ― imubeki ― detestable

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	いま	ima
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	いみ	imi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	いむ	imu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	いむ	imu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	いめ	ime
Meireikei ("imperative")	いめ	ime
Key constructions
Passive	いまれる	imareru
Causative	いませる います	imaseru imasu
Potential	いめる	imeru
Volitional	いもう	imō
Negative	いまない	imanai
Negative continuative	いまず	imazu
Formal	いみます	imimasu
Perfective	いんだ	inda
Conjunctive	いんで	inde
Hypothetical conditional	いめば	imeba

Conjugation of "いむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Derived terms

• 忌(い)ま忌(い)ましい (imaimashii)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いむ – see the following entry: 医務

(The following entry is uncreated: 医務.)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN