汚れる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
よご
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「汚れる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
汚れる ごれる
Imperative (命令形) 汚れろ ごれろ
Key constructions
Passive 汚れられる ごれられる
Causative 汚れさせる ごれさせる
Potential 汚れられる ごれられる
Volitional 汚れよう ごれよ
Negative 汚れない ごれない
Negative perfective 汚れなかった ごれなかった
Formal 汚れます ごれま
Perfective 汚れた ごれた
Conjunctive 汚れて ごれて
Hypothetical conditional 汚れれば ごれれ

Verb

(よご)れる (yogoreruintransitive ichidan (stem (よご) (yogore), past (よご)れた (yogoreta))

Japanese verb pair
active (よご)
mediopassive (よご)れる
  1. to get dirty, to become dirty
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
けが
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
穢れる

Pronunciation

Verb

(けが)れる (kegareruintransitive ichidan (stem (けが) (kegare), past (けが)れた (kegareta))

Japanese verb pair
active (けが)
mediopassive (けが)れる
  1. to be defiled, to lose purity, to get dirty
  2. to lose one's chastity
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN