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微笑む

to smile

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Conjugation of 微笑む

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern.
私/俺
Present informal tense
微笑む
hohoemu
I smile
Present informal negative tense
微笑まない
hohoemanai
I don't smile
Present formal tense
微笑みます
hohoemimasu
I smile
Present formal negative tense
微笑みません
hohoemimasen
I do not smile
私/俺
Past informal tense
微笑んだ
hohoenda
I smiled
Past informal negative tense
微笑まなかった
hohoemanakatta
I didn't smile
Past formal tense
微笑みました
hohoemimashita
I smile
Past formal negative tense
微笑みませんでした
hohoemimasen deshita
I did not smile
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
微笑め
hohoeme
smile
Imperative negative mood
微笑むな
hohoemu na
don't smile
Imperative formal mood
微笑んでください
hohoende kudasai
please smile
Imperative formal negative mood
微笑まないでください
hohoemanai dekudasai
please do not smile
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
微笑んで
hohoende
smile
Passive stem
微笑まれる
hohoemareru
smiled
Hypothetical tense
微笑め
hohoeme
if I smiled
Hypothetical conditional stem
微笑めば
hohoemeba
smiled
私/俺
Volitional stem
微笑もう
hohoemō
will smile
Potential stem
微笑める
hohoemeru
smiled
Continuative stem
微笑み
hohoemi
smiling
Causative stem
微笑ませる
hohoemaseru
allow to smile
私/俺
Imperfective stem
微笑ま
hohoema
smile

Examples of 微笑む

みなさん　微笑んで

One, two, three! Smile, everybody.

微笑んで!

How's this?

微笑んで

Smiling at me.

微笑み うなづくなら それが最良と考えていた

I thought that I could smile, nod my way through it;