掘る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
掘
ほ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with 彫る (horu, “to dig”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「掘る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		掘る ほる
Imperative (命令形) 掘れ ほれ
Key constructions
Passive 掘られる ほられる
Causative 掘らせる ほらせる
Potential 掘れる ほれる
Volitional 掘ろう ほろー
Negative 掘らない ほらない
Negative perfective 掘らなかった ほらなかった
Formal 掘ります ほります
Perfective 掘った ほった
Conjunctive 掘って ほって
Hypothetical conditional 掘れば ほれば

Verb

掘(ほ)る • (horu) godan (stem 掘(ほ)り (hori), past 掘(ほ)った (hotta))

Japanese verb pair
active 掘る
mediopassive 掘れる
  1. to dig; to excavate
  2. (gay slang) to have anal intercourse[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of "掘る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 掘ら ほら hora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 掘り ほり hori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 掘る ほる horu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 掘る ほる horu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 掘れ ほれ hore
Meireikei ("imperative") 掘れ ほれ hore
Key constructions
Passive 掘られる ほられる horareru
Causative 掘らせる
掘らす 		ほらせる
ほらす 		horaseru
horasu
Potential 掘れる ほれる horeru
Volitional 掘ろう ほろう horō
Negative 掘らない ほらない horanai
Negative continuative 掘らず ほらず horazu
Formal 掘ります ほります horimasu
Perfective 掘った ほった hotta
Conjunctive 掘って ほって hotte
Hypothetical conditional 掘れば ほれば horeba
Classical conjugation of "掘る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 掘ら ほら fora
Continuative (連用形) 掘り ほり fori
Terminal (終止形) 掘る ほる foru
Attributive (連体形) 掘る ほる foru
Realis (已然形) 掘れ ほれ fore
Imperative (命令形) 掘れ ほれ fore
Key constructions
Negative 掘らず ほらず forazu
Contrasting conjunction 掘れど ほれど foredo
Causal conjunction 掘れば ほれば foreba
Conditional conjunction 掘らば ほらば foraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 掘りき ほりき foriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 掘りけり ほりけり forikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 掘りつ ほりつ foritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 掘りぬ ほりぬ forinu
Perfect-continuative tense 掘れり
掘りたり		 ほれり
ほりたり		 foreri
foritari
Volitional 掘らむ ほらむ foramu

References

  1. ^ Japanese with Anime
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