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いとなむ · itonamu

to run (a business), to conduct

JLPT N2 u-verb (godan)

Conjugation table

Form Japanese Reading
dictionary 営む いとなむ
polite 営みます いとなみます
polite negative 営みません いとなみません
polite past 営みました いとなみました
plain past 営んだ いとなんだ
plain negative 営まない いとなまない
te-form 営んで いとなんで

営む in a sentence

  • Kare wa todomatte chichioya no shoubai o itonamu koto ni shita.

    He decided to stay and carry on his father's business.

  • れる

    Kono daibunrui ni wa, kinyuugyou mata wa hokengyou o itonamu jigyousho ga bunrui sareru.

    Into this broad category fall companies that run money lending and insurance businesses.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR, licensed for reuse.