えぐる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
抉る
刳る
剔る

Etymology

May be related to しゃくる (shakuru); see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [ègúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ɡɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Verb

えぐる • (eguruゑぐる (weguru)?godan (stem えぐり (eguri), past えぐった (egutta))

Japanese verb pair
active えぐる
mediopassive えぐれる
  1. to gouge
    Synonyms: くじる (kujiru), こじる (kojiru), さくる (sakuru), しゃくる (shakuru), くる (kuru)
    (がん)(きゅう)えぐり()
    gankyū o eguridasu
    gouge out eyeballs

Conjugation

Conjugation of "えぐる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") えぐら egura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") えぐり eguri
Shūshikei ("terminal") えぐる eguru
Rentaikei ("attributive") えぐる eguru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") えぐれ egure
Meireikei ("imperative") えぐれ egure
Key constructions
Passive えぐられる egurareru
Causative えぐらせる
えぐらす
eguraseru
egurasu
Potential えぐれる egureru
Volitional えぐろう egurō
Negative えぐらない eguranai
Negative continuative えぐらず egurazu
Formal えぐります egurimasu
Perfective えぐった egutta
Conjunctive えぐって egutte
Hypothetical conditional えぐれば egureba

References

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