ほじる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
穿る

Pronunciation

Verb

ほじる • (hojiru) ←ほじる (foziru)?godan (stem ほじり (hojiri), past ほじった (hojitta))

  1. to dig up; to peck at; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.)
    鼻(はな)をほじる
    hana o hojiru
    to pick the nose
  2. to pry into; to examine; to dredge up
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ほじる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ほじら hojira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ほじり hojiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") ほじる hojiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ほじる hojiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ほじれ hojire
Meireikei ("imperative") ほじれ hojire
Key constructions
Passive ほじられる hojirareru
Causative ほじらせる
ほじらす 		hojiraseru
hojirasu
Potential ほじれる hojireru
Volitional ほじろう hojirō
Negative ほじらない hojiranai
Negative continuative ほじらず hojirazu
Formal ほじります hojirimasu
Perfective ほじった hojitta
Conjunctive ほじって hojitte
Hypothetical conditional ほじれば hojireba

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
聘る

Pronunciation

Verb

ほじる • (hojiru) ←ほじる (foziru)?godan (stem ほじり (hojiri), past ほじった (hojitta))

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Conjugation
Conjugation of "ほじる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ほじら hojira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ほじり hojiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") ほじる hojiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ほじる hojiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ほじれ hojire
Meireikei ("imperative") ほじれ hojire
Key constructions
Passive ほじられる hojirareru
Causative ほじらせる
ほじらす 		hojiraseru
hojirasu
Potential ほじれる hojireru
Volitional ほじろう hojirō
Negative ほじらない hojiranai
Negative continuative ほじらず hojirazu
Formal ほじります hojirimasu
Perfective ほじった hojitta
Conjunctive ほじって hojitte
Hypothetical conditional ほじれば hojireba

References

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