うなだれる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
項垂れる

Etymology

From (うな) (una) + ()れる (tareru). The tareru changes to dareru as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なだれる [ùnádárérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) なだれ [ùnádáréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟na̠da̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

うなだれる • (unadareruうなだれる (unadareru)?intransitive ichidan (stem うなだれ (unadare), past うなだれた (unadareta))

  1. to hang, droop one's head; to bow one's head (in shame etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うなだれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") うなだれ unadare
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") うなだれ unadare
Shūshikei ("terminal") うなだれる unadareru
Rentaikei ("attributive") うなだれる unadareru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") うなだれれ unadarere
Meireikei ("imperative") うなだれよ¹
うなだれろ²
unadareyo¹
unadarero²
Key constructions
Passive うなだれられる unadarerareru
Causative うなだれさせる
うなだれさす
unadaresaseru
unadaresasu
Potential うなだれられる
うなだれれる³
unadarerareru
unadarereru³
Volitional うなだれよう unadareyō
Negative うなだれない
うなだれぬ
うなだれん
unadarenai
unadarenu
unadaren
Negative continuative うなだれず unadarezu
Formal うなだれます unadaremasu
Perfective うなだれた unadareta
Conjunctive うなだれて unadarete
Hypothetical conditional うなだれれば unadarereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN