揺らぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
揺
ゆ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
搖らぐ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Formerly ゆらく (yuraku), with the final -ku softening to -gu. Derived from adverb ゆら (yura, evoking the sound of a ball or bell rocking), itself derived from or cognate with the imperfective form of Old Japanese verb ゆる (yuru) (揺る / 淘る / 汰る, "to rock, to shake").

Compare 揺れる (yureru, “to shake; to be unsettled; to hesitate”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "揺らぐ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		揺らぐ ゆらぐ
Imperative (命令形) 揺らげ ゆらげ
Key constructions
Passive 揺らがれる ゆらがれる
Causative 揺らがせる ゆらがせる
Potential 揺らげる ゆらげる
Volitional 揺らごう ゆらご​ー
Negative 揺らがない ゆらがない
Negative perfective 揺らがなかった ゆらがな​かった
Formal 揺らぎます ゆらぎま​す
Perfective 揺らいだ ゆらいだ
Conjunctive 揺らいで ゆらいで
Hypothetical conditional 揺らげば ゆらげ​ば

Verb

揺(ゆ)らぐ • (yuragu) intransitive godan (stem 揺(ゆ)らぎ (yuragi), past 揺(ゆ)らいだ (yuraida))

  1. to waver, to sway back and forth
  2. to shake, to tremble
  3. to feel shaken

Conjugation

Conjugation of "揺らぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 揺らが ゆらが yuraga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 揺らぎ ゆらぎ yuragi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 揺らぐ ゆらぐ yuragu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 揺らぐ ゆらぐ yuragu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 揺らげ ゆらげ yurage
Meireikei ("imperative") 揺らげ ゆらげ yurage
Key constructions
Passive 揺らがれる ゆらがれる yuragareru
Causative 揺らがせる
揺らがす 		ゆらがせる
ゆらがす 		yuragaseru
yuragasu
Potential 揺らげる ゆらげる yurageru
Volitional 揺らごう ゆらごう yuragō
Negative 揺らがない ゆらがない yuraganai
Negative continuative 揺らがず ゆらがず yuragazu
Formal 揺らぎます ゆらぎます yuragimasu
Perfective 揺らいだ ゆらいだ yuraida
Conjunctive 揺らいで ゆらいで yuraide
Hypothetical conditional 揺らげば ゆらげば yurageba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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