憧れる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あこが
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
憬れる

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(あこが)れる (akogareruintransitive ichidan (stem (あこが) (akogare), past (あこが)れた (akogareta))

  1. long for, yearn for, have a romantic notion of
  2. admire

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References

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