厭う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
厭
いと
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese 厭(いと)ふ (itofu). Possibly cognate with 痛い (itai, “painful”) and 痛む (itamu, “to hurt”), both from Proto-Japonic *eta (“painful”)

Pronunciation

Verb

厭(いと)う • (itou) ←いとふ (itofu)?transitive godan (stem 厭(いと)い (itoi), past 厭(いと)った (itotta))

  1. (literary) to hate; to dislike
    Synonym: 嫌う (kirau)
    Antonyms: 好む (konomu), 愛でる (mederu)
    この作(さっ)家(か)は浮(うき)世(よ)を厭(いと)う傾(けい)向(こう)を持(も)っている。
    Kono sakka wa ukiyo o itou keikō o motte iru.
    This writer tends to hate the troublesome world.
  2. (chiefly in the negative) to hesitate to do

Conjugation

Conjugation of "厭う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 厭わ いとわ itowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 厭い いとい itoi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 厭う いとう itou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 厭う いとう itou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 厭え いとえ itoe
Meireikei ("imperative") 厭え いとえ itoe
Key constructions
Passive 厭われる いとわれる itowareru
Causative 厭わせる
厭わす 		いとわせる
いとわす 		itowaseru
itowasu
Potential 厭える いとえる itoeru
Volitional 厭おう いとおう itoō
Negative 厭わない いとわない itowanai
Negative continuative 厭わず いとわず itowazu
Formal 厭います いといます itoimasu
Perfective 厭った いとった itotta
Conjunctive 厭って いとって itotte
Hypothetical conditional 厭えば いとえば itoeba
Classical conjugation of "厭ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 厭は いとは itofa
Continuative (連用形) 厭ひ いとひ itofi
Terminal (終止形) 厭ふ いとふ itofu
Attributive (連体形) 厭ふ いとふ itofu
Realis (已然形) 厭へ いとへ itofe
Imperative (命令形) 厭へ いとへ itofe
Key constructions
Negative 厭はず いとはず itofazu
Contrasting conjunction 厭へど いとへど itofedo
Causal conjunction 厭へば いとへば itofeba
Conditional conjunction 厭はば いとはば itofaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 厭ひき いとひき itofiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 厭ひけり いとひけり itofikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 厭ひつ いとひつ itofitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 厭ひぬ いとひぬ itofinu
Perfect-continuative tense 厭へり
厭ひたり		 いとへり
いとひたり		 itoferi
itofitari
Volitional 厭はむ いとはむ itofamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
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