こける

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
転ける
倒ける

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ける [kòkérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

こける or コケる • (kokeruこける (kokeru)?ichidan (stem こけ (koke), past こけた (koketa))

  1. to fall over
  2. (of a performance) to flop
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") こけ koke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") こけ koke
Shūshikei ("terminal") こける kokeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") こける kokeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") こけれ kokere
Meireikei ("imperative") こけよ¹
こけろ²
kokeyo¹
kokero²
Key constructions
Passive こけられる kokerareru
Causative こけさせる
こけさす
kokesaseru
kokesasu
Potential こけられる
こけれる³
kokerareru
kokereru³
Volitional こけよう kokeyō
Negative こけない
こけぬ
こけん
kokenai
kokenu
koken
Negative continuative こけず kokezu
Formal こけます kokemasu
Perfective こけた koketa
Conjunctive こけて kokete
Hypothetical conditional こければ kokereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
痩ける

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kòkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

こける • (kokeruこける (kokeru)?ichidan (stem こけ (koke), past こけた (koketa))

  1. to become thin, hollow, haggard, skinny
    Synonym: ()せる (yaseru)
    (ほお)()けてしまった。
    Hō ga kokete shimatta.
    My cheeks have become lean.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") こけ koke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") こけ koke
Shūshikei ("terminal") こける kokeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") こける kokeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") こけれ kokere
Meireikei ("imperative") こけよ¹
こけろ²
kokeyo¹
kokero²
Key constructions
Passive こけられる kokerareru
Causative こけさせる
こけさす
kokesaseru
kokesasu
Potential こけられる
こけれる³
kokerareru
kokereru³
Volitional こけよう kokeyō
Negative こけない
こけぬ
こけん
kokenai
kokenu
koken
Negative continuative こけず kokezu
Formal こけます kokemasu
Perfective こけた koketa
Conjunctive こけて kokete
Hypothetical conditional こければ kokereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kòkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Suffix

こける • (-kokeruichidan (stem こけ (-koke), past こけた (-koketa))

  1. (attached to the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of a verb) to continue doing something unstoppably
    (わら)こける
    waraikokeru
    to laugh uncontrollably
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") こけ koke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") こけ koke
Shūshikei ("terminal") こける kokeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") こける kokeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") こけれ kokere
Meireikei ("imperative") こけよ¹
こけろ²
kokeyo¹
kokero²
Key constructions
Passive こけられる kokerareru
Causative こけさせる
こけさす
kokesaseru
kokesasu
Potential こけられる
こけれる³
kokerareru
kokereru³
Volitional こけよう kokeyō
Negative こけない
こけぬ
こけん
kokenai
kokenu
koken
Negative continuative こけず kokezu
Formal こけます kokemasu
Perfective こけた koketa
Conjunctive こけて kokete
Hypothetical conditional こければ kokereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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