こじる

See also: ごじる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
抉る
抉じる

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

  • こじる (kojiru, verb, godan conjugation)
  • こぜる (kozeru) (dialect)

Pronunciation

Verb

こじる • (kojirutransitive ichidan (stem こじ (koji), past こじた (kojita))

  1. to pry, to prise
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こじる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") こじ koji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") こじ koji
Shūshikei ("terminal") こじる kojiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") こじる kojiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") こじれ kojire
Meireikei ("imperative") こじよ¹
こじろ²
kojiyo¹
kojiro²
Key constructions
Passive こじられる kojirareru
Causative こじさせる
こじさす
kojisaseru
kojisasu
Potential こじられる
こじれる³
kojirareru
kojireru³
Volitional こじよう kojiyō
Negative こじない
こじぬ
こじん
kojinai
kojinu
kojin
Negative continuative こじず kojizu
Formal こじます kojimasu
Perfective こじた kojita
Conjunctive こじて kojite
Hypothetical conditional こじれば kojireba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
抉る
抉じる

Shift in conjugation from ichidan to godan.

Pronunciation

Verb

こじる • (kojirutransitive godan (stem こじり (kojiri), past こじった (kojitta))

  1. alternative form of こじる (kojiru, to pry, to prise, ichidan conjugation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "こじる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") こじら kojira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") こじり kojiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") こじる kojiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") こじる kojiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") こじれ kojire
Meireikei ("imperative") こじれ kojire
Key constructions
Passive こじられる kojirareru
Causative こじらせる
こじらす
kojiraseru
kojirasu
Potential こじれる kojireru
Volitional こじろう kojirō
Negative こじらない kojiranai
Negative continuative こじらず kojirazu
Formal こじります kojirimasu
Perfective こじった kojitta
Conjunctive こじって kojitte
Hypothetical conditional こじれば kojireba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN