揺らぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
搖らぐ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Formerly ゆらく (yuraku), with the final -ku softening to -gu. Derived from adverb ゆら (yura, evoking the sound of a ball or bell rocking), itself derived from or cognate with the imperfective form of Old Japanese verb ゆる (yuru) (揺る / 淘る / 汰る, "to rock, to shake").

Compare 揺れる (yureru, to shake; to be unsettled; to hesitate).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 揺らぐ
Plain 揺らぐ らぐ
[yùrágú]
[yùráꜜgù]
Conjunctive 揺らいで らいで
いで
[yùráídé]
[yùráꜜìdè]
Perfective 揺らいだ らいだ
いだ
[yùráídá]
[yùráꜜìdà]
Negative 揺らがない らがない
らがない
[yùrágánáí]
[yùrágáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 揺らがなかった らがなかった
らがなかった
[yùrágánáꜜkàttà]
[yùrágáꜜnàkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional 揺らげば らげ
げば
[yùrágéꜜbà]
[yùráꜜgèbà]
Past conditional 揺らいだら らいだ
いだら
[yùráídáꜜrà]
[yùráꜜìdàrà]
Imperative 揺らげ らげ
[yùrágé]
[yùráꜜgè]
Volitional 揺らごう らご [yùrágóꜜò]
Desiderative 揺らぎたい らぎたい
らぎた
[yùrágítáí]
[yùrágítáꜜì]
Formal 揺らぎます らぎま [yùrágímáꜜsù]
Formal negative 揺らぎません らぎませ [yùrágímáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional 揺らぎましょう らぎましょ [yùrágímáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective 揺らぎました らぎました [yùrágímáꜜshìtà]
Continuative 揺らぎ
揺らぎに
らぎ

らぎに
ぎに
[yùrágí]
[yùráꜜgì]
[yùrágí ní]
[yùráꜜgì nì]
Negative continuative 揺らがず
揺らがずに
らがず
らが
らがずに
らがずに
[yùrágázú]
[yùrágáꜜzù]
[yùrágázú ní]
[yùrágáꜜzù nì]
Passive 揺らがれる らがれる
らがれ
[yùrágárérú]
[yùrágáréꜜrù]
Causative 揺らがせる
揺らがす
らがせる
らがせ
らがす
らが
[yùrágásérú]
[yùrágáséꜜrù]
[yùrágású]
[yùrágáꜜsù]
Potential 揺らげる らげる
らげ
[yùrágérú]
[yùrágéꜜrù]

Verb

()らぐ • (yuraguintransitive godan (stem ()らぎ (yuragi), past ()らいだ (yuraida))

  1. to waver, to sway back and forth
  2. to shake, to tremble
  3. to feel shaken

Conjugation

Conjugation of "揺らぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 揺らが ゆらが yuraga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 揺らぎ ゆらぎ yuragi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 揺らぐ ゆらぐ yuragu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 揺らぐ ゆらぐ yuragu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 揺らげ ゆらげ yurage
Meireikei ("imperative") 揺らげ ゆらげ yurage
Key constructions
Passive 揺らがれる ゆらがれる yuragareru
Causative 揺らがせる
揺らがす
ゆらがせる
ゆらがす
yuragaseru
yuragasu
Potential 揺らげる ゆらげる yurageru
Volitional 揺らごう ゆらごう yuragō
Negative 揺らがない ゆらがない yuraganai
Negative continuative 揺らがず ゆらがず yuragazu
Formal 揺らぎます ゆらぎます yuragimasu
Perfective 揺らいだ ゆらいだ yuraida
Conjunctive 揺らいで ゆらいで yuraide
Hypothetical conditional 揺らげば ゆらげば yurageba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN