漁る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
あさ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *asaru.

Pronunciation

Verb

(あさ) • (asaruあさる (asaru)?transitive godan (stem (あさ) (asari), past (あさ)った (asatta))

  1. to look for food
  2. to fish, to gather seafood
  3. (informal) to dig through; to browse
    (ひと)S(エス)N(エヌ)S(エス)(あさ)
    hito no esu-enu-esu o asaru
    to dig through someone's social media accounts
  4. (auxiliary, attaches to a verb in ren'yōkei) to do here and there; to go around doing

Conjugation

Conjugation of "漁る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 漁ら あさるら asarura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 漁り あさるり asaruri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 漁る あさるる asaruru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 漁る あさるる asaruru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 漁れ あさるれ asarure
Meireikei ("imperative") 漁れ あさるれ asarure
Key constructions
Passive 漁られる あさるられる asarurareru
Causative 漁らせる
漁らす
あさるらせる
あさるらす
asaruraseru
asarurasu
Potential 漁れる あさるれる asarureru
Volitional 漁ろう あさるろう asarurō
Negative 漁らない あさるらない asaruranai
Negative continuative 漁らず あさるらず asarurazu
Formal 漁ります あさるります asarurimasu
Perfective 漁った あさるった asarutta
Conjunctive 漁って あさるって asarutte
Hypothetical conditional 漁れば あさるれば asarureba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すなど
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 漁る – see the following entry.
すなどる
[verb] (archaic) to fish
(This term, 漁る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
いさ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 漁る – see the following entry: いさる

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: いさる.)

References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN