よろめく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
蹌踉めく
蹣跚めく

Etymology

よろ (yoro) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, a verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

よろめく • (yoromekuよろめく (yoromeku)?intransitive godan (stem よろめき (yoromeki), past よろめいた (yoromeita))

  1. to stagger
  2. to have an affair

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よろめく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") よろめか yoromeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") よろめき yoromeki
Shūshikei ("terminal") よろめく yoromeku
Rentaikei ("attributive") よろめく yoromeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") よろめけ yoromeke
Meireikei ("imperative") よろめけ yoromeke
Key constructions
Passive よろめかれる yoromekareru
Causative よろめかせる
よろめかす
yoromekaseru
yoromekasu
Potential よろめける yoromekeru
Volitional よろめこう yoromekō
Negative よろめかない yoromekanai
Negative continuative よろめかず yoromekazu
Formal よろめきます yoromekimasu
Perfective よろめいた yoromeita
Conjunctive よろめいて yoromeite
Hypothetical conditional よろめけば yoromekeba

See also

References

  1. ^ よろめく”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN