とがる

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
尖る

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "尖る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
尖る
Imperative (命令形) 尖れ
Key constructions
Passive 尖られる がられ
Causative 尖らせる がらせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 尖ろう がろ
Negative 尖らない がらない
Negative perfective 尖らなかった がらなかった
Formal 尖ります がりま
Perfective 尖った った
Conjunctive 尖って って
Hypothetical conditional 尖れば れば

Verb

とがる (togaruとがる (togaru)?godan (stem とがり (togari), past とがった (togatta))

  1. (intransitive) to taper to a point
  2. (intransitive, of a person) to be abrasive

Conjugation

References

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