太る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふと
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
肥る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "太る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
太る
Imperative (命令形) 太れ
Key constructions
Passive 太られる とられ
Causative 太らせる とらせ
Potential 太れる とれ
Volitional 太ろう とろ
Negative 太らない とらない
Negative perfective 太らなかった とらなかった
Formal 太ります とりま
Perfective 太った った
Conjunctive 太って って
Hypothetical conditional 太れば れば

Verb

(ふと) (futoruintransitive godan (stem (ふと) (futori), past (ふと)った (futotta))

  1. to grow stout or fat
    Synonym: 肥える (koeru)
    Antonym: 痩せる (yaseru)
  2. for fortune to increase, for wealth to become ample

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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
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN