慣れる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
慣
な
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
馴れる
狎れる

Etymology

From Old Japanese 慣る (naru), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) pattern.

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.


Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "慣れる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		慣れる なれ​る
Imperative (命令形) 慣れろ なれ​ろ
Key constructions
Passive 慣れられる なれられ​る
Causative 慣れさせる なれさせ​る
Potential 慣れられる なれられ​る
Volitional 慣れよう なれよ​ー
Negative 慣れない なれ​ない
Negative perfective 慣れなかった なれ​なかった
Formal 慣れます なれま​す
Perfective 慣れた な​れた
Conjunctive 慣れて な​れて
Hypothetical conditional 慣れれば なれ​れば

Verb

慣(な)れる • (nareru) intransitive ichidan (stem 慣(な)れ (nare), past 慣(な)れた (nareta))

Japanese verb pair
active 慣らす
mediopassive 慣れる
  1. get used to

Conjugation

Conjugation of "慣れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 慣れ なれ nare
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 慣れ なれ nare
Shūshikei ("terminal") 慣れる なれる nareru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 慣れる なれる nareru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 慣れれ なれれ narere
Meireikei ("imperative") 慣れよ¹
慣れろ² 		なれよ¹
なれろ² 		nareyo¹
narero²
Key constructions
Passive 慣れられる なれられる narerareru
Causative 慣れさせる
慣れさす 		なれさせる
なれさす 		naresaseru
naresasu
Potential 慣れられる
慣れれる³ 		なれられる
なれれる³ 		narerareru
narereru³
Volitional 慣れよう なれよう nareyō
Negative 慣れない
慣れぬ
慣れん 		なれない
なれぬ
なれん 		narenai
narenu
naren
Negative continuative 慣れず なれず narezu
Formal 慣れます なれます naremasu
Perfective 慣れた なれた nareta
Conjunctive 慣れて なれて narete
Hypothetical conditional 慣れれば なれれば narereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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
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