うつろう

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
移ろう

Pronunciation

Verb

うつろう • (utsurou) ←うつろふ (uturofu)?godan (stem うつろい (utsuroi), past うつろった (utsurotta))

  1. to shift
    刻(こく)々(こく)と移(うつ)ろう光(ひかり)
    kokukoku to utsurou hikari
    the shifting light
  2. to change into
    春(はる)に移(うつ)ろう
    haru ni utsurou
    to enter spring
    葉(はざ)桜(くら)の季(き)節(せつ)に移(うつ)ろう
    hazakura no kisetsu ni utsurou
    to enter the sakura season
Conjugation
Conjugation of "うつろう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") うつろわ utsurowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") うつろい utsuroi
Shūshikei ("terminal") うつろう utsurou
Rentaikei ("attributive") うつろう utsurou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") うつろえ utsuroe
Meireikei ("imperative") うつろえ utsuroe
Key constructions
Passive うつろわれる utsurowareru
Causative うつろわせる
うつろわす 		utsurowaseru
utsurowasu
Potential うつろえる utsuroeru
Volitional うつろおう utsuroō
Negative うつろわない utsurowanai
Negative continuative うつろわず utsurowazu
Formal うつろいます utsuroimasu
Perfective うつろった utsurotta
Conjunctive うつろって utsurotte
Hypothetical conditional うつろえば utsuroeba
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
移ろう

Pronunciation

Verb

うつろう • (utsurō) 

  1. volitional of うつる (utsuru)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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