亡くなる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

The adverbial -く (-ku) form of adjective 無い (nai, not, missing, not present) + verb なる (naru, to become): literally, "to become not, to become nonexistent".[1][2]

The spelling of the na- root of nai and naku naru is reserved for the meaning of "dead, gone".

Cognate with ()くなる (naku naru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「亡くなる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
亡くなる くなる
Imperative (命令形) 亡くなれ くなれ
Key constructions
Passive 亡くなられる くなられる
Causative 亡くならせる くならせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 亡くなろう くなろ
Negative 亡くならない くならない
Negative perfective 亡くならなかった くならなかった
Formal 亡くなります くなりま
Perfective 亡くなった くなった
Conjunctive 亡くなって くなって
Hypothetical conditional 亡くなれば くなれ

Verb

()くなる (naku naruintransitive godan (stem ()くなり (naku nari), past ()くなった (naku natta))

  1. (polite) to die

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN