しゃくる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
決る
抉る
杓る
刳る

Same word as さくる (sakuru). Active form of しゃくれる (shakureru). Compare also () (kuru), えぐる (eguru), and the pair of (しゃく) (shakuru) and (さく) (sakuru).

Spelling 杓る is likely ateji (()()) from the on'yomi of , but spelling the term with (ladle) may have influenced the meaning.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゃくる [shàkúrú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

Verb

Japanese verb pair
active しゃくる
mediopassive しゃくれる

しゃくる • (shakurutransitive godan (stem しゃくり (shakuri), past しゃくった (shakutta))

  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 "しゃくる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") しゃくら shakura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") しゃくり shakuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") しゃくる shakuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") しゃくる shakuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") しゃくれ shakure
Meireikei ("imperative") しゃくれ shakure
Key constructions
Passive しゃくられる shakurareru
Causative しゃくらせる
しゃくらす
shakuraseru
shakurasu
Potential しゃくれる shakureru
Volitional しゃくろう shakurō
Negative しゃくらない shakuranai
Negative continuative しゃくらず shakurazu
Formal しゃくります shakurimasu
Perfective しゃくった shakutta
Conjunctive しゃくって shakutte
Hypothetical conditional しゃくれば shakureba

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しゃくる – 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, しゃくる (shakuru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)