欲る

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [hòrú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

() • (horutransitive yodan

  1. (obsolete) to want, desire

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "欲る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 欲ら ほら fora
Continuative (連用形) 欲り ほり fori
Terminal (終止形) 欲る ほる foru
Attributive (連体形) 欲る ほる foru
Realis (已然形) 欲れ ほれ fore
Imperative (命令形) 欲れ ほれ fore
Key constructions
Negative 欲らず ほらず forazu
Contrasting conjunction 欲れど ほれど foredo
Causal conjunction 欲れば ほれば foreba
Conditional conjunction 欲らば ほらば foraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 欲りき ほりき foriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 欲りけり ほりけり forikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 欲りつ ほりつ foritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 欲りぬ ほりぬ forinu
Perfect-continuative tense 欲れり
欲りたり
ほれり
ほりたり
foreri
foritari
Volitional 欲らむ ほらむ foramu

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