たそがれる

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Japanese

FWOTD – 25 June 2022
Alternative spellings
黄昏れる
黄昏る

Etymology

From 黄昏(たそがれ) (tasogare) + る (-ru).

Pronunciation

Verb

たそがれる • (tasogareru) ichidan (stem たそがれ (tasogare), past たそがれた (tasogareta))

  1. to fade into dusk; to turn into dusk
  2. to pass one's prime
  3. (informal) to look melancholic
    • 2013, “Stand Up!!!!”, 井上純一 (lyrics):
      窓(まど)際(ぎわ)で軽(かる)く黄(たそ)昏(がれ)てみる　ふと何(なに)かに気(き)づいて空(そら)を見(み)上(あ)げる
      madogiwa de karuku tasogaretemiru futo nanika ni kizuite sora o miageru
      Looking melancholic by the window, suddenly you notice something and look up at the sky.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "たそがれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") たそがれ tasogare
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") たそがれ tasogare
Shūshikei ("terminal") たそがれる tasogareru
Rentaikei ("attributive") たそがれる tasogareru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") たそがれれ tasogarere
Meireikei ("imperative") たそがれよ¹
たそがれろ² 		tasogareyo¹
tasogarero²
Key constructions
Passive たそがれられる tasogarerareru
Causative たそがれさせる
たそがれさす 		tasogaresaseru
tasogaresasu
Potential たそがれられる
たそがれれる³ 		tasogarerareru
tasogarereru³
Volitional たそがれよう tasogareyō
Negative たそがれない
たそがれぬ
たそがれん 		tasogarenai
tasogarenu
tasogaren
Negative continuative たそがれず tasogarezu
Formal たそがれます tasogaremasu
Perfective たそがれた tasogareta
Conjunctive たそがれて tasogarete
Hypothetical conditional たそがれれば tasogarereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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