渡る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
わた
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
渉る

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 たる
Imperative (命令形) 渡れ たれ
Key constructions
Passive 渡られる たられる
Causative 渡らせる たらせる
Potential 渡れる たれる
Volitional 渡ろう たろ
Negative 渡らない たらない
Negative perfective 渡らなかった たらなかった
Formal 渡ります たりま
Perfective 渡った たった
Conjunctive 渡って たって
Hypothetical conditional 渡れば たれ

Verb

Japanese verb pair
active 渡す
mediopassive 渡る

(わた) (wataruintransitive godan (stem (わた) (watari), past (わた)った (watatta))

  1. to go across, to go over
  2. to migrate

Conjugation

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