困る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
こま
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「困る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
困る
Imperative (命令形) 困れ
Key constructions
Passive 困られる まられ
Causative 困らせる まらせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 困ろう まろ
Negative 困らない まらない
Negative perfective 困らなかった まらなかった
Formal 困ります まりま
Perfective 困った った
Conjunctive 困って って
Hypothetical conditional 困れば れば

Verb

(こま) (komaruintransitive godan (stem (こま) (komari), past (こま)った (komatta))

  1. to have trouble (with something)
  2. to be bothered (by something), to be vexed, to be troubled, to be in trouble
    客様(きゃくさま)(こま)ります
    Okyakusama, komarimasu.
    Sir, please stop.
    (literally, “Dear customer, what you are doing is quite troublesome.”)

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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  4. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN