祓う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
祓
はら
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

祓(はら)う • (harau) ←はらふ (farafu)?godan (stem 祓(はら)い (harai), past 祓(はら)った (haratta))

  1. to exorcise; to purify
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      身(み)の汚(よご)れを祓(はら)う
      Mi no yogore o harau
      Purify the body's filth

Conjugation

Conjugation of "祓う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 祓わ はらわ harawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 祓い はらい harai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 祓う はらう harau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 祓う はらう harau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 祓え はらえ harae
Meireikei ("imperative") 祓え はらえ harae
Key constructions
Passive 祓われる はらわれる harawareru
Causative 祓わせる
祓わす 		はらわせる
はらわす 		harawaseru
harawasu
Potential 祓える はらえる haraeru
Volitional 祓おう はらおう haraō
Negative 祓わない はらわない harawanai
Negative continuative 祓わず はらわず harawazu
Formal 祓います はらいます haraimasu
Perfective 祓った はらった haratta
Conjunctive 祓って はらって haratte
Hypothetical conditional 祓えば はらえば haraeba

References

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