裏切る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うら
Grade: 6
き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (ura, back, behind) +‎ 切る (kiru, cut). The kiru changes to giru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「裏切る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
裏切る らぎ
Imperative (命令形) 裏切れ らぎ
Key constructions
Passive 裏切られる らぎられ
Causative 裏切らせる らぎらせ
Potential 裏切れる らぎれ
Volitional 裏切ろう らぎろ
Negative 裏切らない らぎらない
Negative perfective 裏切らなかった らぎらなかった
Formal 裏切ります らぎりま
Perfective 裏切った らぎった
Conjunctive 裏切って らぎって
Hypothetical conditional 裏切れば らぎれば

Verb

(うら)() (uragirutransitive godan (stem (うら)() (uragiri), past (うら)()った (uragitta))

  1. to betray, to sell someone out, to turn traitor, to double-cross
  2. to disappoint

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN