借りる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
借
か
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "借りる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		借りる かりる
Imperative (命令形) 借りろ かりろ
Key constructions
Passive 借りられる かりられる
Causative 借りさせる かりさせる
Potential 借りられる かりられる
Volitional 借りよう かりよ​ー
Negative 借りない かりない
Negative perfective 借りなかった かりな​かった
Formal 借ります かりま​す
Perfective 借りた かりた
Conjunctive 借りて かりて
Hypothetical conditional 借りれば かりれ​ば

Verb

借(か)りる • (kariru) transitive ichidan (stem 借(か)り (kari), past 借(か)りた (karita))

  1. to borrow
    借(か)りる時(とき)の地蔵(じぞう)顔(がお)、返(かえ)す時(とき)の閻魔(えんま)顔(がお)
    kariru toki no jizō gao, kaesu toki no enma gao
    "An angel face when borrowing; a devil face when repaying" - a proverb to mock someone's extreme attitude when borrowing and repaying money.
  2. to rent
    彼女(かのじょ)、お借(か)りします
    kanojo, o kari shimasu
    Rent-A-Girlfriend
  3. to owe

Conjugation

Conjugation of "借りる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 借り かり kari
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 借り かり kari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 借りる かりる kariru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 借りる かりる kariru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 借りれ かりれ karire
Meireikei ("imperative") 借りよ¹
借りろ² 		かりよ¹
かりろ² 		kariyo¹
kariro²
Key constructions
Passive 借りられる かりられる karirareru
Causative 借りさせる
借りさす 		かりさせる
かりさす 		karisaseru
karisasu
Potential 借りられる
借りれる³ 		かりられる
かりれる³ 		karirareru
karireru³
Volitional 借りよう かりよう kariyō
Negative 借りない
借りぬ
借りん 		かりない
かりぬ
かりん 		karinai
karinu
karin
Negative continuative 借りず かりず karizu
Formal 借ります かります karimasu
Perfective 借りた かりた karita
Conjunctive 借りて かりて karite
Hypothetical conditional 借りれば かりれば karireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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