念じる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ねん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Shift from verb (ねん)ずる (nenzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation

Verb

(ねん)じる (nenjirutransitive ichidan (stem (ねん) (nenji), past (ねん)じた (nenjita))

  1. to yearn for, to greatly desire, to pray for
    幸福(こうふく)(ねん)じている
    kōfuku o nenjiteiru
    yearning for happiness

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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