暮らす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「暮らす
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
暮らす らす
Imperative (命令形) 暮らせ らせ
Key constructions
Passive 暮らされる らされる
Causative 暮らさせる らさせる
Potential 暮らせる らせる
Volitional 暮らそう らそ
Negative 暮らさない らさない
Negative perfective 暮らさなかった らさなかった
Formal 暮らします らしま
Perfective 暮らした らした
Conjunctive 暮らして らして
Hypothetical conditional 暮らせば らせ

Verb

()らす (kurasutransitive or intransitive godan (stem ()らし (kurashi), past ()らした (kurashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 暮らす
mediopassive 暮れる
  1. (transitive) to spend (the daytime of one day)
    Antonym: 明かす
    一日(いちにち)読書(どくしょ)()らす
    Ichinichi o dokusho de kurasu.
    He spends a whole day reading.
  2. (transitive) to spend (a long time, longer than one day)
    ()(せい)(きょう)()()らしたい
    Yosei wa kyōri de kurashitai.
    I want to spend the rest of my life in my hometown.
  3. (intransitive) to live, to lead a life, to get on
    (すく)ない収入(しゅうにゅう)でなんとか()らしている。
    Sukunai shūnyū de nantoka kurashite iru.
    I managed to live on with a low income.
  4. Continuative form of verb + 暮らす: to spend a whole day doing
    ()()らす
    naki kurasu
    to spend a whole day weeping

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ 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