誇る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
誇
ほこ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「誇る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		誇る ほこる
Imperative (命令形) 誇れ ほこれ
Key constructions
Passive 誇られる ほこられる
Causative 誇らせる ほこらせる
Potential 誇れる ほこれる
Volitional 誇ろう ほころー
Negative 誇らない ほこらない
Negative perfective 誇らなかった ほこらなかった
Formal 誇ります ほこります
Perfective 誇った ほこった
Conjunctive 誇って ほこって
Hypothetical conditional 誇れば ほこれば

Verb

誇(ほこ)る • (hokoru) transitive godan (stem 誇(ほこ)り (hokori), past 誇(ほこ)った (hokotta))

  1. to pride oneself on
  2. to be proud of
  3. to boast (to have)
    長(なが)い歴史(れきし)を誇(ほこ)る。
    Nagai rekishi o hokoru.
    It boasts a long history.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誇る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 誇ら ほこら hokora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 誇り ほこり hokori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 誇る ほこる hokoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 誇る ほこる hokoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 誇れ ほこれ hokore
Meireikei ("imperative") 誇れ ほこれ hokore
Key constructions
Passive 誇られる ほこられる hokorareru
Causative 誇らせる
誇らす 		ほこらせる
ほこらす 		hokoraseru
hokorasu
Potential 誇れる ほこれる hokoreru
Volitional 誇ろう ほころう hokorō
Negative 誇らない ほこらない hokoranai
Negative continuative 誇らず ほこらず hokorazu
Formal 誇ります ほこります hokorimasu
Perfective 誇った ほこった hokotta
Conjunctive 誇って ほこって hokotte
Hypothetical conditional 誇れば ほこれば hokoreba

Derived terms

References

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