許す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ゆる
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
容す
赦す
聴す

Etymology

Compound of (ゆる) (yuru, loose; lax) + (-su, causative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "許す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
許す
Imperative (命令形) 許せ
Key constructions
Passive 許される るされ
Causative 許させる るさせ
Potential 許せる るせ
Volitional 許そう るそ
Negative 許さない るさない
Negative perfective 許さなかった るさなかった
Formal 許します るしま
Perfective 許した した
Conjunctive 許して して
Hypothetical conditional 許せば せば

Verb

(ゆる) (yurusutransitive godan (stem (ゆる) (yurushi), past (ゆる)した (yurushita))

  1. to forgive, to pardon, to excuse
    あなたのギターを(こわ)した(こと)について(ゆる)して(くだ)さい。
    Anata no gitā o kowashita koto ni tsuite yurushite kudasai.
    Please forgive me for breaking your guitar.
    (ゆる)せない
    Yurusenai!
    Unforgivable!
  2. to allow, to permit
    天気(てんき)(ゆる)せば明日(あした)はピクニックに()(こと)出来(でき)る。
    Tenki ga yuruseba, ashita wa pikunikku ni iku koto ga dekiru.
    Weather permitting, we will be able to go to picnic tomorrow.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN