譲る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
譲
ゆず
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
讓る (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「譲る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		譲る ゆずる
Imperative (命令形) 譲れ ゆずれ
Key constructions
Passive 譲られる ゆずられる
Causative 譲らせる ゆずらせる
Potential 譲れる ゆずれる
Volitional 譲ろう ゆずろー
Negative 譲らない ゆずらない
Negative perfective 譲らなかった ゆずらなかった
Formal 譲ります ゆずります
Perfective 譲った ゆずった
Conjunctive 譲って ゆずって
Hypothetical conditional 譲れば ゆずれば

Verb

譲(ゆず)る • (yuzuru) ←ゆづる (yuduru)?transitive godan (stem 譲(ゆず)り (yuzuri), past 譲(ゆず)った (yuzutta))

  1. yield up, cede, give up possession
  2. sell
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      友達(ともだち)に車(くるま)を安(やす)く譲(ゆず)る
      tomodachi ni kuruma o yasuku yuzuru
      Sell a car cheaply to a friend
  3. concede, yield
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      老人(ろうじん)に席(せき)を譲(ゆず)る
      rōjin ni seki o yuzuru
      Concede the seat to the old man
  4. postpone
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      結論(けつろん)を出(だ)すのは後日(ごじつ)に譲(ゆず)ろう
      ketsuron o dasu no wa gojitsu ni yuzurō
      Let's postpone drawing the conclusion on another day

Conjugation

Conjugation of "譲る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 譲ら ゆずら yuzura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 譲り ゆずり yuzuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 譲る ゆずる yuzuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 譲る ゆずる yuzuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 譲れ ゆずれ yuzure
Meireikei ("imperative") 譲れ ゆずれ yuzure
Key constructions
Passive 譲られる ゆずられる yuzurareru
Causative 譲らせる
譲らす 		ゆずらせる
ゆずらす 		yuzuraseru
yuzurasu
Potential 譲れる ゆずれる yuzureru
Volitional 譲ろう ゆずろう yuzurō
Negative 譲らない ゆずらない yuzuranai
Negative continuative 譲らず ゆずらず yuzurazu
Formal 譲ります ゆずります yuzurimasu
Perfective 譲った ゆずった yuzutta
Conjunctive 譲って ゆずって yuzutte
Hypothetical conditional 譲れば ゆずれば yuzureba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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