座る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
すわ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
坐る

Etymology

Derived from ()わる (suwaru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「座る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
座る わる
Imperative (命令形) 座れ われ
Key constructions
Passive 座られる わられる
Causative 座らせる わらせる
Potential 座れる われる
Volitional 座ろう わろ
Negative 座らない わらない
Negative perfective 座らなかった わらなかった
Formal 座ります わりま
Perfective 座った わった
Conjunctive 座って わって
Hypothetical conditional 座れば われ

Verb

(すわ) (suwaruintransitive godan (stem (すわ) (suwari), past (すわ)った (suwatta))

  1. to sit, to have a seat.

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References

  1. ^ 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