果てる

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 果てる. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 果てる, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 果てる in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 果てる you have here. The definition of the word 果てる will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of果てる, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese はつ (patu), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation) pattern.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「果てる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
果てる
Imperative (命令形) 果てろ
Key constructions
Passive 果てられる てられ
Causative 果てさせる てさせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 果てよう てよ
Negative 果てない ない
Negative perfective 果てなかった なかった
Formal 果てます てま
Perfective 果てた てた
Conjunctive 果てて てて
Hypothetical conditional 果てれば れば

Verb

()てる (hateruintransitive ichidan (stem () (hate), past ()てた (hateta))

Japanese verb pair
active 果たす
mediopassive 果てる
  1. to come to an end
  2. to die
  3. (after a verb in the continuative stem form) completely; to its limit

Conjugation

References

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