計る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
はか
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
程る

Alternative forms

  • 計る (when referring to time, extent)
  • 測る (when referring to dimension)
  • 量る (when referring to weight, capacity)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「計る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
計る
Imperative (命令形) 計れ
Key constructions
Passive 計られる かられ
Causative 計らせる からせ
Potential 計れる かれ
Volitional 計ろう かろ
Negative 計らない からない
Negative perfective 計らなかった からなかった
Formal 計ります かりま
Perfective 計った った
Conjunctive 計って って
Hypothetical conditional 計れば れば

Verb

(はか) (hakarutransitive godan (stem (はか) (hakari), past (はか)った (hakatta))

  1. to weigh, to measure, to estimate
  2. to conjecture, to guess
  3. to predict

Conjugation

References

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