へこたれる
Japanese
Pronunciation
Verb
へこたれる • (hekotareru) ichidan (stem へこたれ (hekotare), past へこたれた (hekotareta))
- to be discouraged
- Synonym: くじける
Conjugation
| 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