眩む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
眩
くら
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
暗む
晦む

Pronunciation

Verb

眩(くら)む • (kuramu) intransitive godan (stem 眩(くら)み (kurami), past 眩(くら)んだ (kuranda))

  1. (only in 目(め)が眩(くら)む (me ga kuramu))
    1. to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by
    2. to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
      欲(よく)に目(め)がくらむ ― yoku ni me ga kuramu ― to be blinded by greed
  2. (archaic) to become dark

Usage notes

Conjugation

Conjugation of "眩む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 眩ま くらま kurama
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 眩み くらみ kurami
Shūshikei ("terminal") 眩む くらむ kuramu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 眩む くらむ kuramu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 眩め くらめ kurame
Meireikei ("imperative") 眩め くらめ kurame
Key constructions
Passive 眩まれる くらまれる kuramareru
Causative 眩ませる
眩ます 		くらませる
くらます 		kuramaseru
kuramasu
Potential 眩める くらめる kurameru
Volitional 眩もう くらもう kuramō
Negative 眩まない くらまない kuramanai
Negative continuative 眩まず くらまず kuramazu
Formal 眩みます くらみます kuramimasu
Perfective 眩んだ くらんだ kuranda
Conjunctive 眩んで くらんで kurande
Hypothetical conditional 眩めば くらめば kurameba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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