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訪ねる (たずねる, tazuneru) Japanese meaning: visit | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N4 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 訪ねる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 訪たず ねる 訪たず ねない Polite 訪たず ねます 訪たず ねません Past polite 訪たず ねました 訪たず ねませんでした Past 訪たず ねた 訪たず ねなかった Te-form 訪たず ねて 訪たず ねないで Desire 訪たず ねたい 訪たず ねたくない Potential 訪たず ねられる also 訪たず ねれる 訪たず ねられない also 訪たず ねれない Passive 訪たず ねられる 訪たず ねられない Causative 訪たず ねさせる 訪たず ねさせない Causative passive 訪たず ねさせられる 訪たず ねさせられない Volitional 訪たず ねよう Polite volitional 訪たず ねましょう Imperative 訪たず ねろ 訪たず ねるな Conditional 訪たず ねれば 訪たず ねなければ Tara conditional 訪たず ねたら 訪たず ねなかったら
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I plan to visit my grandmother this weekend.
He visited an old temple in Kyoto.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 訪たず ねる to visit someone
I visited my old teacher for the first time in a while.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 訪たず ねる to visit a place
On the trip, I visited an old shrine.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 家いえ を 訪たず ねる to visit someone's house
I visited my friend's house and talked about how things were going.
Related words· 6 訪ねる is used for a deliberate, personal visit to a specific person or place, while 訪れる is more literary and can also describe seasons or abstract things arriving.
訪問する is a formal, often business or official word for paying a visit, while 訪ねる is the everyday word for going to see someone or somewhere.
立ち寄る means to drop by a place briefly, often on the way somewhere and without a strong purpose, while 訪ねる implies a more deliberate, intentional visit.
訪ねる is the plain, neutral verb for visiting someone, while 伺う is its humble form used when the speaker visits a superior or respected person.
Show 2 more 訪ねる is a neutral verb for visiting a person or place, while 見舞う specifically implies visiting someone who is sick, injured, or in trouble to comfort them.
訪ねる is a more formal word for visiting someone, while 遊びに行く is casual and emphasizes going for fun or a relaxed visit.
Etymology 訪ねる and 尋ねる represent historically related uses of the same native verb, whose senses included seeking, inquiring, and visiting. The spellings now distinguish visiting from asking or searching.
