渡る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
渡
わた
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
渉る
航る
済る

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *wataru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「渡る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		渡る わたる
Imperative (命令形) 渡れ わたれ
Key constructions
Passive 渡られる わたられる
Causative 渡らせる わたらせる
Potential 渡れる わたれる
Volitional 渡ろう わたろー
Negative 渡らない わたらない
Negative perfective 渡らなかった わたらなかった
Formal 渡ります わたります
Perfective 渡った わたった
Conjunctive 渡って わたって
Hypothetical conditional 渡れば わたれば

Verb

Japanese verb pair
active 渡す
mediopassive 渡る

渡(わた)る • (wataru) intransitive godan (stem 渡(わた)り (watari), past 渡(わた)った (watatta))

  1. to go across, to go over, to pass through
    1. 航る: to traverse by boat, to travel across the sea
    2. 航る, 済る: to succesfully cross a river or other obstacle
    3. to pass in ownership from one person to another
  2. to migrate, especially far away

Conjugation

Conjugation of "渡る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 渡ら わたら watara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 渡り わたり watari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 渡る わたる wataru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 渡る わたる wataru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 渡れ わたれ watare
Meireikei ("imperative") 渡れ わたれ watare
Key constructions
Passive 渡られる わたられる watarareru
Causative 渡らせる
渡らす 		わたらせる
わたらす 		wataraseru
watarasu
Potential 渡れる わたれる watareru
Volitional 渡ろう わたろう watarō
Negative 渡らない わたらない wataranai
Negative continuative 渡らず わたらず watarazu
Formal 渡ります わたります watarimasu
Perfective 渡った わたった watatta
Conjunctive 渡って わたって watatte
Hypothetical conditional 渡れば わたれば watareba
Classical conjugation of "渡る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 渡ら わたら watara
Continuative (連用形) 渡り わたり watari
Terminal (終止形) 渡る わたる wataru
Attributive (連体形) 渡る わたる wataru
Realis (已然形) 渡れ わたれ watare
Imperative (命令形) 渡れ わたれ watare
Key constructions
Negative 渡らず わたらず watarazu
Contrasting conjunction 渡れど わたれど wataredo
Causal conjunction 渡れば わたれば watareba
Conditional conjunction 渡らば わたらば wataraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 渡りき わたりき watariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 渡りけり わたりけり watarikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 渡りつ わたりつ wataritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 渡りぬ わたりぬ watarinu
Perfect-continuative tense 渡れり
渡りたり		 わたれり
わたりたり		 watareri
wataritari
Volitional 渡らむ わたらむ wataramu

See also

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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