狙う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
狙
ねら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「狙う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		狙う ねらう
Imperative (命令形) 狙え ねらえ
Key constructions
Passive 狙われる ねらわれる
Causative 狙わせる ねらわせる
Potential 狙える ねらえる
Volitional 狙おう ねらおー
Negative 狙わない ねらわない
Negative perfective 狙わなかった ねらわなかった
Formal 狙います ねらいます
Perfective 狙った ねらった
Conjunctive 狙って ねらって
Hypothetical conditional 狙えば ねらえば

Verb

狙(ねら)う • (nerau) transitive godan (stem 狙(ねら)い (nerai), past 狙(ねら)った (neratta))

  1. to aim
    鳥(とり)を狙(ねら)って撃(う)った。
    Tori o neratte utta.
    He aimed his gun at the bird and fired.
  2. to have one's eye on something
  3. to watch for opportunity
  4. to seek

Conjugation

Conjugation of "狙う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 狙わ ねらわ nerawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 狙い ねらい nerai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 狙う ねらう nerau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 狙う ねらう nerau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 狙え ねらえ nerae
Meireikei ("imperative") 狙え ねらえ nerae
Key constructions
Passive 狙われる ねらわれる nerawareru
Causative 狙わせる
狙わす 		ねらわせる
ねらわす 		nerawaseru
nerawasu
Potential 狙える ねらえる neraeru
Volitional 狙おう ねらおう neraō
Negative 狙わない ねらわない nerawanai
Negative continuative 狙わず ねらわず nerawazu
Formal 狙います ねらいます neraimasu
Perfective 狙った ねらった neratta
Conjunctive 狙って ねらって neratte
Hypothetical conditional 狙えば ねらえば neraeba

References

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