衰える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おとろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Classical Japanese (おとろ) (otorofu), itself a combination of (おと) (otoro, the 未然形(みぜんけい) (mizenkei, irrealis form) of (おと) (otoru, to be inferior to)) + (-fu, an auxiliary verb expressing repetition or ongoing state) .

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「衰える
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
衰える とろえ
Imperative (命令形) 衰えろ とろえ
Key constructions
Passive 衰えられる とろえられ
Causative 衰えさせる とろえさせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 衰えよう とろえよ
Negative 衰えない とろえない
Negative perfective 衰えなかった とろえなかった
Formal 衰えます とろえま
Perfective 衰えた とろえた
Conjunctive 衰えて とろえて
Hypothetical conditional 衰えれば とろえれば

Verb

(おとろ)える (otoroeruおとろへる (otoroferu)?intransitive ichidan (stem (おとろ) (otoroe), past (おとろ)えた (otoroeta))

  1. weaken, waste away, decline, fade
    • 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:
      気力(きりょく)(おとろ)えた
      kiryoku ga otoroeta
      Willpower declined

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ 衰える”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN