投げる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
投
な
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「投げる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		投げる なげる
Imperative (命令形) 投げろ なげろ
Key constructions
Passive 投げられる なげられる
Causative 投げさせる なげさせる
Potential 投げられる なげられる
Volitional 投げよう なげよー
Negative 投げない なげない
Negative perfective 投げなかった なげなかった
Formal 投げます なげます
Perfective 投げた なげた
Conjunctive 投げて なげて
Hypothetical conditional 投げれば なげれば

Verb

投(な)げる • (nageru) transitive ichidan (stem 投(な)げ (nage), past 投(な)げた (nageta))

  1. to throw
    役者(やくしゃ)にトマトを投(な)げないでください。
    Yakusha ni tomato o nagenaide kudasai.
    Please do not throw tomatoes at the performer.
  2. (Tsugaru, Hokkaidō) to throw away
    Synonym: (standard Japanese) すてる (suteru)

Usage notes

  • (to throw away): Known as a word that dialect speakers unwittingly use as if it were standard language.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "投げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 投げ なげ nage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 投げ なげ nage
Shūshikei ("terminal") 投げる なげる nageru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 投げる なげる nageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 投げれ なげれ nagere
Meireikei ("imperative") 投げよ¹
投げろ² 		なげよ¹
なげろ² 		nageyo¹
nagero²
Key constructions
Passive 投げられる なげられる nagerareru
Causative 投げさせる
投げさす 		なげさせる
なげさす 		nagesaseru
nagesasu
Potential 投げられる
投げれる³ 		なげられる
なげれる³ 		nagerareru
nagereru³
Volitional 投げよう なげよう nageyō
Negative 投げない
投げぬ
投げん 		なげない
なげぬ
なげん 		nagenai
nagenu
nagen
Negative continuative 投げず なげず nagezu
Formal 投げます なげます nagemasu
Perfective 投げた なげた nageta
Conjunctive 投げて なげて nagete
Hypothetical conditional 投げれば なげれば nagereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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