低まる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひく
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くま [hìkúmáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥kɯ̟ma̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

Japanese verb pair
active 低める
mediopassive 低まる

(ひく)まる • (hikumaruintransitive godan (stem (ひく)まり (hikumari), past (ひく)まった (hikumatta))

  1. to be lowered, to become lower
    Antonym: 高まる

Conjugation

Conjugation of "低まる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 低まら ひくまるら hikumarura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 低まり ひくまるり hikumaruri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 低まる ひくまるる hikumaruru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 低まる ひくまるる hikumaruru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 低まれ ひくまるれ hikumarure
Meireikei ("imperative") 低まれ ひくまるれ hikumarure
Key constructions
Passive 低まられる ひくまるられる hikumarurareru
Causative 低まらせる
低まらす
ひくまるらせる
ひくまるらす
hikumaruraseru
hikumarurasu
Potential 低まれる ひくまるれる hikumarureru
Volitional 低まろう ひくまるろう hikumarurō
Negative 低まらない ひくまるらない hikumaruranai
Negative continuative 低まらず ひくまるらず hikumarurazu
Formal 低まります ひくまるります hikumarurimasu
Perfective 低まった ひくまるった hikumarutta
Conjunctive 低まって ひくまるって hikumarutte
Hypothetical conditional 低まれば ひくまるれば hikumarureba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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