たまげる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
魂消る

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier たまきえる (tamakieru), from (たま) (tama) + ()える (kieru).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まげ [tàmágéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ma̠ɡe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

たまげる • (tamageruたまげる (tamageru)?ichidan (stem たまげ (tamage), past たまげた (tamageta))

  1. (intransitive) to be greatly surprised, to be shocked

Conjugation

Conjugation of "たまげる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") たまげ tamage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") たまげ tamage
Shūshikei ("terminal") たまげる tamageru
Rentaikei ("attributive") たまげる tamageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") たまげれ tamagere
Meireikei ("imperative") たまげよ¹
たまげろ²
tamageyo¹
tamagero²
Key constructions
Passive たまげられる tamagerareru
Causative たまげさせる
たまげさす
tamagesaseru
tamagesasu
Potential たまげられる
たまげれる³
tamagerareru
tamagereru³
Volitional たまげよう tamageyō
Negative たまげない
たまげぬ
たまげん
tamagenai
tamagenu
tamagen
Negative continuative たまげず tamagezu
Formal たまげます tamagemasu
Perfective たまげた tamageta
Conjunctive たまげて tamagete
Hypothetical conditional たまげれば tamagereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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