頬張る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほお
Hyōgai
は > ば
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
頰張る (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(ほお) (, cheek) + () (haru, to fill). The haru changes to baru as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

Verb

(ほお)() • (hōbaruほほばる (fofobaru)?transitive godan (stem (ほお)() (hōbari), past (ほお)()った (hōbatta))

  1. to stuff one's face with; to cram (food) into one's mouth

Conjugation

Conjugation of "頬張る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 頬張ら ほおばら hōbara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 頬張り ほおばり hōbari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 頬張る ほおばる hōbaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 頬張る ほおばる hōbaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 頬張れ ほおばれ hōbare
Meireikei ("imperative") 頬張れ ほおばれ hōbare
Key constructions
Passive 頬張られる ほおばられる hōbarareru
Causative 頬張らせる
頬張らす
ほおばらせる
ほおばらす
hōbaraseru
hōbarasu
Potential 頬張れる ほおばれる hōbareru
Volitional 頬張ろう ほおばろう hōbarō
Negative 頬張らない ほおばらない hōbaranai
Negative continuative 頬張らず ほおばらず hōbarazu
Formal 頬張ります ほおばります hōbarimasu
Perfective 頬張った ほおばった hōbatta
Conjunctive 頬張って ほおばって hōbatte
Hypothetical conditional 頬張れば ほおばれば hōbareba

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