こらえる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
堪える怺える

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こらえる [kòráéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

こらえる • (koraeru) ^{←こらへる (koraferu)^?}transitive ichidan (stem こらえ (korae), past こらえた (koraeta))

to bear; to put up with; to stand; to endure (pain, anguish)
Synonyms: たえる (taeru), 我(が)慢(まん)する (gaman suru)
to suppress; to fight (usually a display of emotion)
Synonym: 押(お)さえる (osaeru)

涙(なみだ)をこらえる ― namida o koraeru ― to fight back tears

Conjugation

Conjugation of "こらえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	こらえ	korae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	こらえ	korae
Shūshikei ("terminal")	こらえる	koraeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	こらえる	koraeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	こらえれ	koraere
Meireikei ("imperative")	こらえよ¹ こらえろ²	koraeyo¹ koraero²
Key constructions
Passive	こらえられる	koraerareru
Causative	こらえさせるこらえさす	koraesaseru koraesasu
Potential	こらえられるこらえれる³	koraerareru koraereru³
Volitional	こらえよう	koraeyō
Negative	こらえないこらえぬこらえん	koraenai koraenu koraen
Negative continuative	こらえず	koraezu
Formal	こらえます	koraemasu
Perfective	こらえた	koraeta
Conjunctive	こらえて	koraete
Hypothetical conditional	こらえれば	koraereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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