夢見る

Japanese

Compound of 夢 (yume, “dream”) +‎ 見る (miru, “to see, to watch”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ゆめみる [yùmémíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]^[3]
- (Tokyo) ゆめみる [yùméꜜmìrù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[3]
- IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝme̞mʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

夢見る (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana ゆめみる, rōmaji yumemiru)

to dream
(figuratively) to aspire to something, to dream of something as a hope
歌 (か)手 (しゅ)を夢見 (ゆめみ)る女 (おんな)の子 (こ)。
Kashu o yumemiru onna no ko.
A girl dreaming to be a singer.

Conjugation of "夢見る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	夢見	ゆめみ	yumemi
Continuative (連用形)	夢見	ゆめみ	yumemi
Terminal (終止形)	夢見る	ゆめみる	yumemiru
Attributive (連体形)	夢見る	ゆめみる	yumemiru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	夢見れ	ゆめみれ	yumemire
Imperative (命令形)	夢見よ¹ 夢見ろ²	ゆめみよ¹ ゆめみろ²	yumemiyo¹ yumemiro²
Key constructions
Passive	夢見られる	ゆめみられる	yumemirareru
Causative	夢見させる夢見さす	ゆめみさせるゆめみさす	yumemisaseru yumemisasu
Potential	夢見られる夢見れる³	ゆめみられるゆめみれる³	yumemirareru yumemireru³
Volitional	夢見よう	ゆめみよう	yumemiyō
Negative	夢見ない夢見ぬ夢見ん	ゆめみないゆめみぬゆめみん	yumeminai yumeminu yumemin
Negative continuative	夢見ず	ゆめみず	yumemizu
Formal	夢見ます	ゆめみます	yumemimasu
Perfective	夢見た	ゆめみた	yumemita
Conjunctive	夢見て	ゆめみて	yumemite
Hypothetical conditional	夢見れば	ゆめみれば	yumemireba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 3 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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