言い逃れる
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 言 | 逃 |
| い Grade: 2 |
のが Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | |
See also 言い逃れ
Pronunciation
Verb
言い逃れる • (iinogareru) ←いひのがれる (ifinogareru)?transitive ichidan (stem 言い逃れ (iinogare), past 言い逃れた (iinogareta))
- evade, dodge with excuses, quibble, explain away
Conjugation
Conjugation of "言い逃れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 言い逃れ | いいのがれ | īnogare | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 言い逃れ | いいのがれ | īnogare | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 言い逃れる | いいのがれる | īnogareru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 言い逃れる | いいのがれる | īnogareru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 言い逃れれ | いいのがれれ | īnogarere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 言い逃れよ¹ 言い逃れろ² |
いいのがれよ¹ いいのがれろ² |
īnogareyo¹ īnogarero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 言い逃れられる | いいのがれられる | īnogarerareru | |
| Causative | 言い逃れさせる 言い逃れさす |
いいのがれさせる いいのがれさす |
īnogaresaseru īnogaresasu | |
| Potential | 言い逃れられる 言い逃れれる³ |
いいのがれられる いいのがれれる³ |
īnogarerareru īnogarereru³ | |
| Volitional | 言い逃れよう | いいのがれよう | īnogareyō | |
| Negative | 言い逃れない 言い逃れぬ 言い逃れん |
いいのがれない いいのがれぬ いいのがれん |
īnogarenai īnogarenu īnogaren | |
| Negative continuative | 言い逃れず | いいのがれず | īnogarezu | |
| Formal | 言い逃れます | いいのがれます | īnogaremasu | |
| Perfective | 言い逃れた | いいのがれた | īnogareta | |
| Conjunctive | 言い逃れて | いいのがれて | īnogarete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 言い逃れれば | いいのがれれば | īnogarereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
References
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ “言い逃れる
”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
