欲しがる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
欲
ほ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

欲し (hoshi-, stem of 欲しい) +‎ がる (-garu).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「欲しがる」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		欲しがる ほしがる
Imperative (命令形) 欲しがれ ほしがれ
Key constructions
Passive 欲しがられる ほしがられる
Causative 欲しがらせる ほしがらせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 欲しがろう ほしがろー
Negative 欲しがらない ほしがらない
Negative perfective 欲しがらなかった ほしがらなかった
Formal 欲しがります ほしがります
Perfective 欲しがった ほしがった
Conjunctive 欲しがって ほしがって
Hypothetical conditional 欲しがれば ほしがれば

Verb

欲(ほ)しがる • (hoshigaru) godan (stem 欲(ほ)しがり (hoshigari), past 欲(ほ)しがった (hoshigatta))

  1. to want, to desire, to covet
    お金(かね)を欲(ほ)しがっている。
    Okane o hoshigatteiru.
    (They) want money.
    欲(ほ)しがりません勝(か)つまでは
    hoshigarimasen katsu made wa
    Until victory, want nothing (war slogan)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "欲しがる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 欲しがら ほしがら hoshigara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 欲しがり ほしがり hoshigari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 欲しがる ほしがる hoshigaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 欲しがる ほしがる hoshigaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 欲しがれ ほしがれ hoshigare
Meireikei ("imperative") 欲しがれ ほしがれ hoshigare
Key constructions
Passive 欲しがられる ほしがられる hoshigarareru
Causative 欲しがらせる
欲しがらす 		ほしがらせる
ほしがらす 		hoshigaraseru
hoshigarasu
Potential 欲しがれる ほしがれる hoshigareru
Volitional 欲しがろう ほしがろう hoshigarō
Negative 欲しがらない ほしがらない hoshigaranai
Negative continuative 欲しがらず ほしがらず hoshigarazu
Formal 欲しがります ほしがります hoshigarimasu
Perfective 欲しがった ほしがった hoshigatta
Conjunctive 欲しがって ほしがって hoshigatte
Hypothetical conditional 欲しがれば ほしがれば hoshigareba

See also

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
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