へこたれる

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こたれる [hèkótárérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [he̞ko̞ta̠ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

へこたれる • (hekotareruichidan (stem へこたれ (hekotare), past へこたれた (hekotareta))

  1. to be discouraged
    Synonym: くじける

Conjugation

Conjugation of "へこたれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") へこたれ hekotare
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") へこたれ hekotare
Shūshikei ("terminal") へこたれる hekotareru
Rentaikei ("attributive") へこたれる hekotareru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") へこたれれ hekotarere
Meireikei ("imperative") へこたれよ¹
へこたれろ²
hekotareyo¹
hekotarero²
Key constructions
Passive へこたれられる hekotarerareru
Causative へこたれさせる
へこたれさす
hekotaresaseru
hekotaresasu
Potential へこたれられる
へこたれれる³
hekotarerareru
hekotarereru³
Volitional へこたれよう hekotareyō
Negative へこたれない
へこたれぬ
へこたれん
hekotarenai
hekotarenu
hekotaren
Negative continuative へこたれず hekotarezu
Formal へこたれます hekotaremasu
Perfective へこたれた hekotareta
Conjunctive へこたれて hekotarete
Hypothetical conditional へこたれれば hekotarereba

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