たがる

From た (ta-), the stem of the desiderative suffix たい (tai, classical たし), and the suffix がる (-garu).

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• In Tokyo speech, the accent of the verb construction falls on the ga mora in the suffix, regardless of the accent type of the suffixed verb.^[1] Example: つくりたが​る  (Nakadaka)

たがる • (-tagaru) godan (stem たがり (-tagari), past たがった (-tagatta))

1. seem to want to

Attaches to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verbs. See たい (-tai) and がる (-garu).

Outside of questions, the suffix たい (-tai) is used exclusively to talk about the speaker's own wants. When describing the wants of someone else, the suffix たがる (-tagaru) is used instead.

This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix. It is classified as 助動詞 (jodōshi, “auxiliary verb”) in traditional Japanese grammar.