劣る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おと
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "劣る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
劣る とる
Imperative (命令形) 劣れ とれ
Key constructions
Passive 劣られる とられる
Causative 劣らせる とらせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 劣ろう とろ
Negative 劣らない とらない
Negative perfective 劣らなかった とらなかった
Formal 劣ります とりま
Perfective 劣った とった
Conjunctive 劣って とって
Hypothetical conditional 劣れば とれ

Verb

(おと) (otoruintransitive godan (stem (おと) (otori), past (おと)った (ototta))

  1. to be poor at
    (かれ)(そう)(ぞう)(りょく)(おと)
    Kare wa sōzōryoku ni otoru.
    He is poor at imaginativity.
  2. to be inferior to; to be worse than
    ()(まち)(かっ)()(となり)(まち)(おと)
    Waga machi no kakki wa tonarimachi ni otoru.
    Our city's activity is inferior to a neighboring city.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN