よこたえる

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
横たえる

Pronunciation

Verb

よこたえる • (yokotaeru) ←よこたへる (yokotaferu)?transitive ichidan (stem よこたえ (yokotae), past よこたえた (yokotaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 横(よこ)たえる
mediopassive 横(よこ)たわる
  1. (transitive) to lay down
    体(からだ)を横(よこ)たえる
    karada o yokotaeru
    to lie down
    (literally, “to lay one's body down”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よこたえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") よこたえ yokotae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") よこたえ yokotae
Shūshikei ("terminal") よこたえる yokotaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") よこたえる yokotaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") よこたえれ yokotaere
Meireikei ("imperative") よこたえよ¹
よこたえろ² 		yokotaeyo¹
yokotaero²
Key constructions
Passive よこたえられる yokotaerareru
Causative よこたえさせる
よこたえさす 		yokotaesaseru
yokotaesasu
Potential よこたえられる
よこたえれる³ 		yokotaerareru
yokotaereru³
Volitional よこたえよう yokotaeyō
Negative よこたえない
よこたえぬ
よこたえん 		yokotaenai
yokotaenu
yokotaen
Negative continuative よこたえず yokotaezu
Formal よこたえます yokotaemasu
Perfective よこたえた yokotaeta
Conjunctive よこたえて yokotaete
Hypothetical conditional よこたえれば yokotaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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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