怯む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
怯
ひる
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「怯む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		怯む ひるむ
Imperative (命令形) 怯め ひるめ
Key constructions
Passive 怯まれる ひるまれる
Causative 怯ませる ひるませる
Potential - - -
Volitional 怯もう ひるもー
Negative 怯まない ひるまない
Negative perfective 怯まなかった ひるまなかった
Formal 怯みます ひるみます
Perfective 怯んだ ひるんだ
Conjunctive 怯んで ひるんで
Hypothetical conditional 怯めば ひるめば

Verb

怯(ひる)む • (hirumu) godan (stem 怯(ひる)み (hirumi), past 怯(ひる)んだ (hirunda))

  1. to flinch

Conjugation

Conjugation of "怯む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 怯ま ひるま hiruma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 怯み ひるみ hirumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 怯む ひるむ hirumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 怯む ひるむ hirumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 怯め ひるめ hirume
Meireikei ("imperative") 怯め ひるめ hirume
Key constructions
Passive 怯まれる ひるまれる hirumareru
Causative 怯ませる
怯ます 		ひるませる
ひるます 		hirumaseru
hirumasu
Potential 怯める ひるめる hirumeru
Volitional 怯もう ひるもう hirumō
Negative 怯まない ひるまない hirumanai
Negative continuative 怯まず ひるまず hirumazu
Formal 怯みます ひるみます hirumimasu
Perfective 怯んだ ひるんだ hirunda
Conjunctive 怯んで ひるんで hirunde
Hypothetical conditional 怯めば ひるめば hirumeba
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