寄る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
寄
よ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "寄る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		寄る よる
Imperative (命令形) 寄れ よれ
Key constructions
Passive 寄られる よられる
Causative 寄らせる よらせる
Potential 寄れる よれる
Volitional 寄ろう よろ​ー
Negative 寄らない よらない
Negative perfective 寄らなかった よらな​かった
Formal 寄ります よりま​す
Perfective 寄った よった
Conjunctive 寄って よって
Hypothetical conditional 寄れば よれ​ば

Verb

寄(よ)る • (yoru) intransitive godan (stem 寄(よ)り (yori), past 寄(よ)った (yotta))

Japanese verb pair
active 寄せる
mediopassive 寄る
  1. come near, come up
  2. step aside
  3. gather
  4. drop by, call on someone
    コンビニに寄(よ)る
    konbini ni yoru
    to stop by at the convenience store
  5. advance in years
  6. (sumo) push out while grabbing the belt

Conjugation

Conjugation of "寄る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 寄ら よら yora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 寄り より yori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 寄る よる yoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 寄る よる yoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 寄れ よれ yore
Meireikei ("imperative") 寄れ よれ yore
Key constructions
Passive 寄られる よられる yorareru
Causative 寄らせる
寄らす 		よらせる
よらす 		yoraseru
yorasu
Potential 寄れる よれる yoreru
Volitional 寄ろう よろう yorō
Negative 寄らない よらない yoranai
Negative continuative 寄らず よらず yorazu
Formal 寄ります よります yorimasu
Perfective 寄った よった yotta
Conjunctive 寄って よって yotte
Hypothetical conditional 寄れば よれば yoreba
Classical conjugation of "寄る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 寄ら よら yora
Continuative (連用形) 寄り より yori
Terminal (終止形) 寄る よる yoru
Attributive (連体形) 寄る よる yoru
Realis (已然形) 寄れ よれ yore
Imperative (命令形) 寄れ よれ yore
Key constructions
Negative 寄らず よらず yorazu
Contrasting conjunction 寄れど よれど yoredo
Causal conjunction 寄れば よれば yoreba
Conditional conjunction 寄らば よらば yoraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 寄りき よりき yoriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 寄りけり よりけり yorikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 寄りつ よりつ yoritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 寄りぬ よりぬ yorinu
Perfect-continuative tense 寄れり
寄りたり		 よれり
よりたり		 yoreri
yoritari
Volitional 寄らむ よらむ yoramu

Derived terms

References

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