偽る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いつわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
僞る (kyūjitai)
詐る

Etymology

According to the earliest attested form うつはる (utsuharu) in early Heian period, it is possibly a compound of (うつ) (utsu, something that doesn't exist) + () (haru, to spread).

Otherwise a corrupted form of (うつほ) (utsuho, something that is hollow) + () (aru, to be), but this is morphologically problematic because ラ行変格活用 didn't perishes till the late Heian period.

Pronunciation

Verb

(いつわ) (itsuwaruいつはる (itufaru)?intransitive godan (stem (いつわ) (itsuwari), past (いつわ)った (itsuwatta))

  1. disguise, cheat, falsify

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN