訪ねます（たずねます、tazunemasu）
- to visit
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TAZU
訪
たず
NE
ね
ね
MA
ま
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SU
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訪ねます (たずねます, romaji: tazunemasu) means "to visit" in Japanese. It is a N2 Low-level Verb (group 2) word.
| Meaning: | to visit |
| Level: | N2 Low |
| Lexical Category: | Verb (group 2) (下一段動詞) |
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Verb Conjugation
Basic Conjugation
Romaji：tazunemasu
Hiragana：たずねます
Polite-form (ます形) | たずねます訪ねます。visit. |
Dict-form (辞書形) | 訪ねるvisit |
Connect-form (て形) | 訪ねて + <Verb> |
Not-form (ない形) | 訪ねないnot visit |
Advanced Conjugation
Past-form (た形) | 訪ねたvisitted |
Terminal-form (終止形) | 訪ねる。visit. |
If-form (仮定形) | 訪ねればif visit |
Let's-form (意志形) | 訪ねよう !let's visit |
Command-form (命令形) | 訪ねろ !visit ! |
AI Explanation
The Japanese verb 訪ねます訪ねます (tazunemasu) means "to visit," "to call on," "to ask," "to inquire," or "to seek." The specific meaning depends on the context. It can refer to physically going to see someone or somewhere, or it can mean to ask a question or to seek something like information or help.
⚫︎友達の家を訪ねます Translation: I will visit my friend's house. ⚫︎先生に質問を訪ねます Translation: I will ask the teacher a question. ⚫︎彼のオフィスを訪ねます Translation: I will call on his office.
⚫︎ Use 訪ねます訪ねます when you want to describe the action of going to see someone at their home or workplace, to visit a place, or to ask someone a question. ⚫︎ When visiting someone, you are the person who is doing the visiting. ⚫︎ The object of 訪ねます訪ねます (the person or place you are visiting) is often marked with the particle に or へ. ⚫︎ When 訪ねます訪ねます means "to ask," the object of the question is marked with the particle を.
⚫︎ The base form of the verb is 訪ねる (tazuneru). ⚫︎ The polite form is 訪ねます訪ねます. ⚫︎ It's written in Kanji as 訪ねます訪ねます, and the reading is たずねます. ⚫︎ The okurigana (hiragana following the kanji) is ね. ⚫︎ Variations in okurigana do not commonly occur with this word.
⚫︎ 訪問します (houmon shimasu) - to visit (formal) ⚫︎ 行く (iku) - to go ⚫︎ 尋ねます (tazunemasu) - to ask/inquire (similar nuance, but can also mean to search for something) ⚫︎ 伺います (ukagaimasu) - to visit/call on (more polite)
⚫︎ There isn't a direct antonym for all the meanings, but considering the meaning of "to leave", one could be ⚫︎ 去ります (sarimasu) - to leave, depart.
週末に祖父母の家を訪ねます ・Translation: I will visit my grandparents' house on the weekend. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the act of visiting one's grandparents' home.
駅への行き方を訪ねます ・Translation: I will ask how to get to the station. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 訪ねます訪ねます to express asking for information.
The kanji 訪 (hou/tazune) is composed of the radical 言 (gen/koto - word, speech) and 方 (hou/kata - direction, way). It originally meant "to inquire" or "to seek information". Over time, it developed the meaning of physically visiting a place or person. The kanji ね, indicates that it's a verb.