栄える

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
栄
さか
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
榮える (kyūjitai)

Cognate with 盛る (sakaru, “to become frisky, to flourish”) and 栄す, 盛す (sakasu, “to make something lively”), ultimately deriving from 咲く (saku, “to bloom”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「栄える」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		栄える さかえる
Imperative (命令形) 栄えろ さかえろ
Key constructions
Passive 栄えられる さかえられる
Causative 栄えさせる さかえさせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 栄えよう さかえよー
Negative 栄えない さかえない
Negative perfective 栄えなかった さかえなかった
Formal 栄えます さかえます
Perfective 栄えた さかえた
Conjunctive 栄えて さかえて
Hypothetical conditional 栄えれば さかえれば

Verb

栄(さか)える • (sakaeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 栄(さか)え (sakae), past 栄(さか)えた (sakaeta))

  1. prosper; thrive

Conjugation

Conjugation of "栄える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 栄え さかえ sakae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 栄え さかえ sakae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 栄える さかえる sakaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 栄える さかえる sakaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 栄えれ さかえれ sakaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 栄えよ¹
栄えろ² 		さかえよ¹
さかえろ² 		sakaeyo¹
sakaero²
Key constructions
Passive 栄えられる さかえられる sakaerareru
Causative 栄えさせる
栄えさす 		さかえさせる
さかえさす 		sakaesaseru
sakaesasu
Potential 栄えられる
栄えれる³ 		さかえられる
さかえれる³ 		sakaerareru
sakaereru³
Volitional 栄えよう さかえよう sakaeyō
Negative 栄えない
栄えぬ
栄えん 		さかえない
さかえぬ
さかえん 		sakaenai
sakaenu
sakaen
Negative continuative 栄えず さかえず sakaezu
Formal 栄えます さかえます sakaemasu
Perfective 栄えた さかえた sakaeta
Conjunctive 栄えて さかえて sakaete
Hypothetical conditional 栄えれば さかえれば sakaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
栄
は
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
榮える (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 栄える – see the following entry.
【映はえる】
look attractive, shine
(This term, 栄える, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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