燃える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
燃
も
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

/moju/ → /mojeru/ → /moeru/

From classical verb 燃ゆ (moyu).[1][2]

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「燃える」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		燃える もえる
Imperative (命令形) 燃えろ もえろ
Key constructions
Passive 燃えられる もえられる
Causative 燃えさせる もえさせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 燃えよう もえよー
Negative 燃えない もえない
Negative perfective 燃えなかった もえなかった
Formal 燃えます もえます
Perfective 燃えた もえた
Conjunctive 燃えて もえて
Hypothetical conditional 燃えれば もえれば

Verb

Japanese verb pair
active 燃やす
mediopassive 燃える

燃(も)える • (moeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 燃(も)え (moe), past 燃(も)えた (moeta))

  1. to burn
    家(いえ)が燃(も)えてしまった。
    Ie ga moeteshimatta.
    The house burned to the ground.
    燃(も)えやすいもの
    moeyasui mono
    things that burn easily
  2. to get fired up
    彼(かれ)は、「水(すい)泳(えい)大(たい)会(かい)で優勝(ゆうしょう)する！」と燃(も)えている。
    Kare wa,“suiei taikai de yūshō suru!” to moeteiru.
    "The swim meet is mine!" he passionately exclaimed.
    (literally, “He is burning, "I will win first place at the swim meet!".”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "燃える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 燃え もえ moe
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 燃え もえ moe
Shūshikei ("terminal") 燃える もえる moeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 燃える もえる moeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 燃えれ もえれ moere
Meireikei ("imperative") 燃えよ¹
燃えろ² 		もえよ¹
もえろ² 		moeyo¹
moero²
Key constructions
Passive 燃えられる もえられる moerareru
Causative 燃えさせる
燃えさす 		もえさせる
もえさす 		moesaseru
moesasu
Potential 燃えられる
燃えれる³ 		もえられる
もえれる³ 		moerareru
moereru³
Volitional 燃えよう もえよう moeyō
Negative 燃えない
燃えぬ
燃えん 		もえない
もえぬ
もえん 		moenai
moenu
moen
Negative continuative 燃えず もえず moezu
Formal 燃えます もえます moemasu
Perfective 燃えた もえた moeta
Conjunctive 燃えて もえて moete
Hypothetical conditional 燃えれば もえれば moereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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