消える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the classical lower bigrade verb(ヤ行下二段活用) 消ゆ.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

()える (kieruintransitive ichidan (stem () (kie), past ()えた (kieta))

Japanese verb pair
active 消す
mediopassive 消える
  1. to disappear, to vanish, (of a fire or light) to go out
    ()()た。
    Hi wa kieta.
    The fire has gone out.
  2. to die
    敵兵(てきへい)()た。
    Tekihei wa kieta.
    Enemy soldiers have died.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN