よぎる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
過る

Etymology

Sound shift from よきる (yokiru) in the Kamakura period.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [yògíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ɡʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

よぎる • (yogiruよぎる (yogiru)?godan (stem よぎり (yogiri), past よぎった (yogitta))

  1. to pass by
  2. to stop by, to pay a visit somewhere halfway
  3. to avoid

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よぎる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") よぎら yogira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") よぎり yogiri
Shūshikei ("terminal") よぎる yogiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") よぎる yogiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") よぎれ yogire
Meireikei ("imperative") よぎれ yogire
Key constructions
Passive よぎられる yogirareru
Causative よぎらせる
よぎらす
yogiraseru
yogirasu
Potential よぎれる yogireru
Volitional よぎろう yogirō
Negative よぎらない yogiranai
Negative continuative よぎらず yogirazu
Formal よぎります yogirimasu
Perfective よぎった yogitta
Conjunctive よぎって yogitte
Hypothetical conditional よぎれば yogireba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN