懲りる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
懲りる (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「懲りる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
懲りる
Imperative (命令形) 懲りろ
Key constructions
Passive 懲りられる りられ
Causative 懲りさせる りさせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 懲りよう りよ
Negative 懲りない ない
Negative perfective 懲りなかった なかった
Formal 懲ります りま
Perfective 懲りた りた
Conjunctive 懲りて りて
Hypothetical conditional 懲りれば れば

Verb

()りる (koriruichidan (stem () (kori), past ()りた (korita))

Japanese verb pair
active 懲らす
mediopassive 懲りる
  1. to be demotivated by obstacles or failure
  2. (especially) to learn from failure, to learn one's lesson

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References

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