滴る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
滴
したた
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

滴(したた)る • (shitataru) godan (stem 滴(したた)り (shitatari), past 滴(したた)った (shitatatta))

  1. to drip
    岩(いわ)の割(わ)れ目(め)から滴(したた)る水(みず)
    iwa no wareme kara shitataru mizu
    water dripping from the cracked rock
    汗(あせ)が滴(したた)り落(お)ちる
    ase ga shitatari ochiru
    sweat dripping down

Conjugation

Conjugation of "滴る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 滴ら したたら shitatara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 滴り したたり shitatari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 滴る したたる shitataru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 滴る したたる shitataru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 滴れ したたれ shitatare
Meireikei ("imperative") 滴れ したたれ shitatare
Key constructions
Passive 滴られる したたられる shitatarareru
Causative 滴らせる
滴らす 		したたらせる
したたらす 		shitataraseru
shitatarasu
Potential 滴れる したたれる shitatareru
Volitional 滴ろう したたろう shitatarō
Negative 滴らない したたらない shitataranai
Negative continuative 滴らず したたらず shitatarazu
Formal 滴ります したたります shitatarimasu
Perfective 滴った したたった shitatatta
Conjunctive 滴って したたって shitatatte
Hypothetical conditional 滴れば したたれば shitatareba

Derived terms

References

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