眺める

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眺
なが(める)
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Modern form of classical 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verb 眺む (nagamu).[1] Related to adjective 長い (nagai, “long”), possibly deriving from 長 (naga, “long”) +‎ む (mu, verbalizing suffix, with an underlying meaning of “becoming that way”). Alternatively, may originally derive from the compound 長眺 (naga me, literally “long watching, long gaze”) found in the Kojiki of 711-712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

眺める (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana ながめる, rōmaji nagameru)

  1. to look at, to view, to gaze
    Often implies for a longer period of time than 見る (miru, “to see, to look at”).
  2. to watch something for a continuous period of time
  3. to look at and consider something carefully
  4. to observe or look off at something in the distance
  5. to space out, to be lost in thought

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.