おそれる

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
恐れる
怖れる
懼れる
畏れる
惧れる

Etymology

From Classical Japanese verb 恐(おそ)る (osoru). Cognate with Japanese 恐(おそ)ろしい (osoroshii).

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

Verb

おそれる • (osoreru) transitive ichidan (stem おそれ (osore), past おそれた (osoreta))

  1. 恐れる, 怖れる, 懼れる, 惧れる: to fear; to be afraid
    人(にん)間(げん)の我(われ)々(われ)は、姿(すがた)ないものを恐(おそ)れがちなのだ。
    Ningen no wareware wa, sugata nai mono o osore gachi na no da.
    We as humans tend to fear what cannot be seen.
    私(わたし)だ、恐(おそ)れることはない。
    Watashi da, osoreru koto wa nai.
    Don't be afraid, it is I.
  2. 畏れる: to revere

Conjugation

Conjugation of "おそれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") おそれ osore
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") おそれ osore
Shūshikei ("terminal") おそれる osoreru
Rentaikei ("attributive") おそれる osoreru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") おそれれ osorere
Meireikei ("imperative") おそれよ¹
おそれろ² 		osoreyo¹
osorero²
Key constructions
Passive おそれられる osorerareru
Causative おそれさせる
おそれさす 		osoresaseru
osoresasu
Potential おそれられる
おそれれる³ 		osorerareru
osorereru³
Volitional おそれよう osoreyō
Negative おそれない
おそれぬ
おそれん 		osorenai
osorenu
osoren
Negative continuative おそれず osorezu
Formal おそれます osoremasu
Perfective おそれた osoreta
Conjunctive おそれて osorete
Hypothetical conditional おそれれば osorereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

See also

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