立てる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
立
た
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese 立つ (tatu), following 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”), from Proto-Japonic *tatu.

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「立てる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		立てる たてる
Imperative (命令形) 立てろ たてろ
Key constructions
Passive 立てられる たてられる
Causative 立てさせる たてさせる
Potential 立てられる たてられる
Volitional 立てよう たてよー
Negative 立てない たてない
Negative perfective 立てなかった たてなかった
Formal 立てます たてます
Perfective 立てた たてた
Conjunctive 立てて たてて
Hypothetical conditional 立てれば たてれば

Verb

立(た)てる • (tateru) transitive ichidan (stem 立(た)て (tate), past 立(た)てた (tateta))

Japanese verb pair
active 立てる
mediopassive 立つ
  1. to stand, to place in an upright position
    本(ほん)を立(た)てる。
    Hon o tateru.
    To stand a book.
  2. to release something physical but not solid or liquid
    寝息(ねいき)を立(た)てる
    neiki o tateru
    to breathe in one's sleep
    ドアをバタンと音(おと)を立(た)てて閉(と)じる
    doa o batan to oto o tatete tojiru
    close the door with a loud "bang"
    音(おと)を立(た)てずに
    oto o tatezu ni
    noiselessly; silently
  3. (Internet slang) to start (a thread)
    次(つぎ)スレ立(た)てます
    tsugi sure tatemasu
    I'll start the next thread

Conjugation

Conjugation of "立てる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 立て たて tate
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 立て たて tate
Shūshikei ("terminal") 立てる たてる tateru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 立てる たてる tateru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 立てれ たてれ tatere
Meireikei ("imperative") 立てよ¹
立てろ² 		たてよ¹
たてろ² 		tateyo¹
tatero²
Key constructions
Passive 立てられる たてられる taterareru
Causative 立てさせる
立てさす 		たてさせる
たてさす 		tatesaseru
tatesasu
Potential 立てられる
立てれる³ 		たてられる
たてれる³ 		taterareru
tatereru³
Volitional 立てよう たてよう tateyō
Negative 立てない
立てぬ
立てん 		たてない
たてぬ
たてん 		tatenai
tatenu
taten
Negative continuative 立てず たてず tatezu
Formal 立てます たてます tatemasu
Perfective 立てた たてた tateta
Conjunctive 立てて たてて tatete
Hypothetical conditional 立てれば たてれば tatereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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