よこぎる

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
横切る
横ぎる

Etymology

Compound of (yoko, sideways, horizontal) +‎ 切る (kiru, cut).[1][2] The kiru changes to giru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「横切る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
横切る こぎ
Imperative (命令形) 横切れ こぎ
Key constructions
Passive 横切られる こぎられ
Causative 横切らせる こぎらせ
Potential 横切れる こぎれ
Volitional 横切ろう こぎろ
Negative 横切らない こぎらない
Negative perfective 横切らなかった こぎらなかった
Formal 横切ります こぎりま
Perfective 横切った こぎった
Conjunctive 横切って こぎって
Hypothetical conditional 横切れば こぎれば

Verb

よこぎる (yokogirutransitive godan (stem よこぎり (yokogiri), past よこぎった (yokogitta))

  1. to traverse, to cross, to cut across

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN