さくる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
決る
抉る
刳る

Same word as しゃくる (shakuru); see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くる [sàkúrú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Verb

さくる • (sakurutransitive godan (stem さくり (sakuri), past さくった (sakutta))

  1. to hollow out, to scoop out, to dig out, to gouge out
  2. to scoop, to ladle
  3. to raise, to jut out, to jerk (one's chin, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "さくる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") さくら sakura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") さくり sakuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") さくる sakuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") さくる sakuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") さくれ sakure
Meireikei ("imperative") さくれ sakure
Key constructions
Passive さくられる sakurareru
Causative さくらせる
さくらす
sakuraseru
sakurasu
Potential さくれる sakureru
Volitional さくろう sakurō
Negative さくらない sakuranai
Negative continuative さくらず sakurazu
Formal さくります sakurimasu
Perfective さくった sakutta
Conjunctive さくって sakutte
Hypothetical conditional さくれば sakureba

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of さくる – see the following entry.
噦る
[verb] to hiccup (to rapidly breathe in due to spasms of the diaphragm)
[verb] to sob convulsively
(This term, さくる (sakuru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)