る

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Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 留 in the cursive sōsho style.

る • (ru) 

1. The hiragana syllable る (ru). Its equivalent in katakana is ル (ru). It is the forty-first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行う段 (ra-gyō u-dan, “row ra, section u”).

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

る • (-ru) godan (stem り (-ri), past った (-tta))

1. (slang) A general method to form verbs (as a godan katsuyō verb). Much less productive than 〜する (-suru, “to do”).

   サボる

   saboru

   to skip, to play hooky; to slack off, to shirk one's duties

   ググる

   guguru

   to Google

Contraction of いる (iru).

る • (ru) 

1. (informal, used after the conjunctive て (-te) form of a verb as てる (-teru)) the present progressive: to be doing

   待(ま)ってる

   matteru

   to be waiting

See れる.

る • (-ru) ^†nidan

1. Classical Japanese form of れる (-reru, passive suffix)

Attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei).

Regular adnominal conjugation of verbal auxiliary suffix り (ri) indicating resulting state or completion of action.

る • (-ru) 

1. (Classical Japanese or literary) adnominal of り (-ri)

   眠(ねむ)れる森(もり)の美(び)女(じょ)

   Nemureru Mori no Bijo

   Sleeping Beauty

   • wedding vows

     富(と)める時(とき)も貧(まず)しき時(とき)も

     tomeru toki mo mazushiki toki mo

     in wealth or poverty