ゆらゆら

Japanese

Alternative spelling
揺ら揺ら

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らゆら [yúꜜràyùrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ɾa̠jɯ̟ɾa̠]

Adverb

ゆらゆら • (yurayura

  1. quaking, swaying, swinging
  2. slowly, calmly

Verb

ゆらゆらする • (yurayura suruintransitive suru (stem ゆらゆら (yurayura shi), past ゆらゆらした (yurayura shita))

  1. sway, quake
  2. go slowly and calmly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ゆらゆらする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ゆらゆらし yurayura shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ゆらゆらし yurayura shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ゆらゆらする yurayura suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ゆらゆらする yurayura suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ゆらゆらすれ yurayura sure
Meireikei ("imperative") ゆらゆらせよ¹
ゆらゆらしろ²
yurayura seyo¹
yurayura shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ゆらゆらされる yurayura sareru
Causative ゆらゆらさせる
ゆらゆらさす
yurayura saseru
yurayura sasu
Potential ゆらゆらできる yurayura dekiru
Volitional ゆらゆらしよう yurayura shiyō
Negative ゆらゆらしない yurayura shinai
Negative continuative ゆらゆらせず yurayura sezu
Formal ゆらゆらします yurayura shimasu
Perfective ゆらゆらした yurayura shita
Conjunctive ゆらゆらして yurayura shite
Hypothetical conditional ゆらゆらすれば yurayura sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

See also

References

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