もてあます
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Japanese[edit]
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 持て余す 持余す (dated) |
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) もてあます [mòtéámáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- (Tokyo) もてあます [mòtéámású] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞te̞a̠ma̠sɨᵝ]
Verb[edit]
もてあます • (moteamasu) godan (stem もてあまし (moteamashi), past もてあました (moteamashita))
- (transitive) to be uncertain how to handle (something / someone)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of "もてあます" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | もてあまさ | moteamasa | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | もてあまし | moteamashi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | もてあます | moteamasu | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | もてあます | moteamasu | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | もてあませ | moteamase | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | もてあませ | moteamase | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | もてあまされる | moteamasareru | |
| Causative | もてあまさせる もてあまさす |
moteamasaseru moteamasasu | |
| Potential | もてあませる | moteamaseru | |
| Volitional | もてあまそう | moteamasō | |
| Negative | もてあまさない | moteamasanai | |
| Negative continuative | もてあまさず | moteamasazu | |
| Formal | もてあまします | moteamashimasu | |
| Perfective | もてあました | moteamashita | |
| Conjunctive | もてあまして | moteamashite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | もてあませば | moteamaseba | |