居り

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ɾʲi]

Etymology 1

/wori//ori/.

The Classical and Old Japanese form of modern verb おる (oru, to exist, to be).

Verb

() • (oriをり (wori)?-ri

  1. Classical Japanese form of おる (oru): to exist, to be, to sit
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "居り" (ラ行変格活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 居ら おら ora
Continuative (連用形) 居り おり ori
Terminal (終止形) 居り おり ori
Attributive (連体形) 居る おる oru
Realis (已然形) 居れ おれ ore
Imperative (命令形) 居れ おれ ore
Key constructions
Negative 居らず おらず orazu
Contrasting conjunction 居れど おれど oredo
Causal conjunction 居れば おれば oreba
Conditional conjunction 居らば おらば oraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 居りき おりき oriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 居りけり おりけり orikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 居りつ おりつ oritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 居りぬ おりぬ orinu
Perfect-continuative tense 居りたり[1] おりたり oritari
Volitional 居らむ おらむ oramu

[1]Often proscribed due to a redundancy of having 2 あり.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

/wori//ori/.

(れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb おる (to exist, to be).

Verb

() • (oriをり (wori)?

  1. stem or continuative form of おる (oru) [godan]

See also