謙る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
へりくだ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
遜る
減り下る
減下る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「へりくだる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
へりくだる りくだ
Imperative (命令形) へりくだれ りくだ
Key constructions
Passive へりくだられる りくだられ
Causative へりくだらせる りくだらせ
Potential へりくだれる りくだれ
Volitional へりくだろう りくだろ
Negative へりくだらない りくだらない
Negative perfective へりくだらなかった りくだらなかった
Formal へりくだります りくだりま
Perfective へりくだった りくだった
Conjunctive へりくだって りくだって
Hypothetical conditional へりくだれば りくだれば

Verb

(へりくだ) (herikudaruintransitive godan (stem (へりくだ) (herikudari), past (へりくだ)った (herikudatta))

  1. abase oneself while praising the listener

Conjugation