揺れる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
搖れる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Derived via regular historical processes from the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation) intransitive form of classical Japanese verb 揺る (yuru), itself from Old Japanese.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「揺れる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
揺れる れる
Imperative (命令形) 揺れろ れろ
Key constructions
Passive 揺れられる れられる
Causative 揺れさせる れさせる
Potential 揺れられる れられる
Volitional 揺れよう れよ
Negative 揺れない れない
Negative perfective 揺れなかった れなかった
Formal 揺れます れま
Perfective 揺れた れた
Conjunctive 揺れて れて
Hypothetical conditional 揺れれば れれ

Verb

()れる (yureruintransitive ichidan (stem () (yure), past ()れた (yureta))

Japanese verb pair
active 揺らす
mediopassive 揺れる
  1. to shake, to quake, to sway back and forth
    地面(じめん)()れた
    Jimen ga yureta.
    The earth shook.
  2. to pitch, to roll, to rock, to toss about (such as a ship on rough seas)
  3. to jolt or joggle (such as a vehicle)
  4. to swing back and forth (such as something suspended or hanging)
  5. to flicker, to waver (such as a flame)
  6. to tremble, to vibrate

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN