諂う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
諂
へつら
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
諛う

Verb

諂(へつら)う • (hetsurau) intransitive godan (stem 諂(へつら)い (hetsurai), past 諂(へつら)った (hetsuratta))

  1. to butter up, to flatter

Conjugation

Conjugation of "諂う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 諂わ へつらわ hetsurawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 諂い へつらい hetsurai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 諂う へつらう hetsurau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 諂う へつらう hetsurau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 諂え へつらえ hetsurae
Meireikei ("imperative") 諂え へつらえ hetsurae
Key constructions
Passive 諂われる へつらわれる hetsurawareru
Causative 諂わせる
諂わす 		へつらわせる
へつらわす 		hetsurawaseru
hetsurawasu
Potential 諂える へつらえる hetsuraeru
Volitional 諂おう へつらおう hetsuraō
Negative 諂わない へつらわない hetsurawanai
Negative continuative 諂わず へつらわず hetsurawazu
Formal 諂います へつらいます hetsuraimasu
Perfective 諂った へつらった hetsuratta
Conjunctive 諂って へつらって hetsuratte
Hypothetical conditional 諂えば へつらえば hetsuraeba
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