転がる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ころ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
轉がる (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「転がる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
転がる ろがる
Imperative (命令形) 転がれ ろがれ
Key constructions
Passive 転がられる ろがられる
Causative 転がらせる ろがらせる
Potential 転がれる ろがれる
Volitional 転がろう ろがろ
Negative 転がらない ろがらない
Negative perfective 転がらなかった ろがらなかった
Formal 転がります ろがりま
Perfective 転がった ろがった
Conjunctive 転がって ろがって
Hypothetical conditional 転がれば ろがれ

Verb

(ころ)がる (korogaruintransitive godan (stem (ころ)がり (korogari), past (ころ)がった (korogatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 転がす
mediopassive 転がる
  1. roll over, turn over, roll
    (ころ)がる(さい)のように
    korogaru sai no yō ni
    like a rolling die

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN