困る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
困
こま
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "困る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		困る こま​る
Imperative (命令形) 困れ こま​れ
Key constructions
Passive 困られる こまられ​る
Causative 困らせる こまらせ​る
Potential - - -
Volitional 困ろう こまろ​ー
Negative 困らない こまら​ない
Negative perfective 困らなかった こまら​なかった
Formal 困ります こまりま​す
Perfective 困った こま​った
Conjunctive 困って こま​って
Hypothetical conditional 困れば こま​れば

Verb

困(こま)る • (komaru) intransitive godan (stem 困(こま)り (komari), past 困(こま)った (komatta))

  1. to have trouble (with something)
  2. to be bothered (by something), to be vexed, to be troubled, to be in trouble
    お客様(きゃくさま)、困(こま)ります。
    Okyakusama, komarimasu.
    Sir, please stop.
    (literally, “Dear customer, what you are doing is quite troublesome.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "困る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 困ら こまら komara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 困り こまり komari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 困る こまる komaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 困る こまる komaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 困れ こまれ komare
Meireikei ("imperative") 困れ こまれ komare
Key constructions
Passive 困られる こまられる komarareru
Causative 困らせる
困らす 		こまらせる
こまらす 		komaraseru
komarasu
Potential 困れる こまれる komareru
Volitional 困ろう こまろう komarō
Negative 困らない こまらない komaranai
Negative continuative 困らず こまらず komarazu
Formal 困ります こまります komarimasu
Perfective 困った こまった komatta
Conjunctive 困って こまって komatte
Hypothetical conditional 困れば こまれば komareba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  4. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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