唸る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うな
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
呻る

Etymology

(u, an onomatopoeia[1][2][3]) +‎ 鳴る (naru, to sound[1][3])

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「うなる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
うなる
Imperative (命令形) うなれ
Key constructions
Passive うなられる なられ
Causative うならせる ならせ
Potential うなれる なれ
Volitional うなろう なろ
Negative うならない ならない
Negative perfective うならなかった ならなかった
Formal うなります なりま
Perfective うなった った
Conjunctive うなって って
Hypothetical conditional うなれば れば

Verb

(うな) (unaruintransitive godan (stem (うな) (unari), past (うな)った (unatta))

  1. to growl, to moan, to roar, to grunt, to howl, to groan

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN