ほつれる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
解れる

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つれ [hòtsúréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞t͡sɨɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

ほつれる • (hotsureruintransitive ichidan (stem ほつれ (hotsure), past ほつれた (hotsureta))

  1. to become frayed
    Synonyms: ほぐれる (hogureru), ほごれる (hogoreru)
    (ふく)ほつれた(いと)()
    fuku no hotsureta ito o kiru
    to cut a loose thread on one's clothes

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ほつれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ほつれ hotsure
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ほつれ hotsure
Shūshikei ("terminal") ほつれる hotsureru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ほつれる hotsureru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ほつれれ hotsurere
Meireikei ("imperative") ほつれよ¹
ほつれろ²
hotsureyo¹
hotsurero²
Key constructions
Passive ほつれられる hotsurerareru
Causative ほつれさせる
ほつれさす
hotsuresaseru
hotsuresasu
Potential ほつれられる
ほつれれる³
hotsurerareru
hotsurereru³
Volitional ほつれよう hotsureyō
Negative ほつれない
ほつれぬ
ほつれん
hotsurenai
hotsurenu
hotsuren
Negative continuative ほつれず hotsurezu
Formal ほつれます hotsuremasu
Perfective ほつれた hotsureta
Conjunctive ほつれて hotsurete
Hypothetical conditional ほつれれば hotsurereba

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