忘る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
わす
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Verb

(わす) • (wasurutransitive nidan

  1. (Classical Japanese, archaic) to forget

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "忘る" (ラ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 忘れ わすれ wasure
Continuative (連用形) 忘れ わすれ wasure
Terminal (終止形) 忘る わする wasuru
Attributive (連体形) 忘るる わするる wasururu
Realis (已然形) 忘るれ わするれ wasurure
Imperative (命令形) 忘れよ わすれよ wasureyo
Key constructions
Negative 忘れず わすれず wasurezu
Contrasting conjunction 忘るれど わするれど wasururedo
Causal conjunction 忘るれば わするれば wasurureba
Conditional conjunction 忘れば わすれば wasureba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 忘れき わすれき wasureki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 忘れけり わすれけり wasurekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 忘れつ わすれつ wasuretu
Perfect tense (natural event) 忘れぬ わすれぬ wasurenu
Perfect-continuative tense 忘れたり わすれたり wasuretari
Volitional 忘れむ わすれむ wasuremu

Derived terms