籠もる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
籠る (dated)
隠る (dated)
篭る
篭もる

Etymology

⟨ko2mo2ru⟩ → */kəməru//komoru/

From Old Japanese 隠る (ko2mo2ru).

The stem kom- relates to “fill, filling”, therefore likely cognate with 込む (komu, to be crowded, be packed). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「籠もる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
籠もる
Imperative (命令形) 籠もれ
Key constructions
Passive 籠もられる もられ
Causative 籠もらせる もらせ
Potential 籠もれる もれ
Volitional 籠もろう もろ
Negative 籠もらない もらない
Negative perfective 籠もらなかった もらなかった
Formal 籠もります もりま
Perfective 籠もった った
Conjunctive 籠もって って
Hypothetical conditional 籠もれば れば

Verb

()もる (komoruintransitive godan (stem ()もり (komori), past ()もった (komotta))

  1. to seclude oneself
  2. to be filled with...
  3. to be stuffy, to be muffled

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN