掘れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Verb

()れる • (horeruintransitive ichidan (stem () (hore), past ()れた (horeta))

Japanese verb pair
active 掘る
mediopassive 掘れる
  1. (of ground) to have holes, cavities or hollows
    (あま)()れで軒下(のきした)地面(じめん)()れる
    amadare de nokishita no jimen ga horeru
    The ground was made hollow by eavesdrops.
  2. (of something once buried) to come out of ground
    ()()れる
    ne ga horeru
    These roots are not covered by earth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "掘れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 掘れ ho
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 掘れ ho
Shūshikei ("terminal") 掘れる ほる horu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 掘れる ほる horu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 掘れれ ほれ hore
Meireikei ("imperative") 掘れよ¹
掘れろ²
ほよ¹
ほろ²
hoyo¹
horo²
Key constructions
Passive 掘れられる ほられる horareru
Causative 掘れさせる
掘れさす
ほさせる
ほさす
hosaseru
hosasu
Potential 掘れられる
掘れれる³
ほられる
ほれる³
horareru
horeru³
Volitional 掘れよう ほよう hoyō
Negative 掘れない
掘れぬ
掘れん
ほない
ほぬ
ほん
honai
honu
hon
Negative continuative 掘れず ほず hozu
Formal 掘れます ほます homasu
Perfective 掘れた ほた hota
Conjunctive 掘れて ほて hote
Hypothetical conditional 掘れれば ほれば horeba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Classical conjugation of "掘る" (ラ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 掘れ ほれ fore
Continuative (連用形) 掘れ ほれ fore
Terminal (終止形) 掘る ほる foru
Attributive (連体形) 掘るる ほるる foruru
Realis (已然形) 掘るれ ほるれ forure
Imperative (命令形) 掘れよ ほれよ foreyo
Key constructions
Negative 掘れず ほれず forezu
Contrasting conjunction 掘るれど ほるれど foruredo
Causal conjunction 掘るれば ほるれば forureba
Conditional conjunction 掘れば ほれば foreba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 掘れき ほれき foreki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 掘れけり ほれけり forekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 掘れつ ほれつ foretu
Perfect tense (natural event) 掘れぬ ほれぬ forenu
Perfect-continuative tense 掘れたり ほれたり foretari
Volitional 掘れむ ほれむ foremu