頬張る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 頬 | 張 |
| ほお Hyōgai |
は > ば Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 頰張る (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
頬 (hō, “cheek”) + 張る (haru, “to fill”). The haru changes to baru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Verb
頬張る • (hōbaru) ←ほほばる (fofobaru)?transitive godan (stem 頬張り (hōbari), past 頬張った (hōbatta))
- to stuff one's face with; to cram (food) into one's mouth
Conjugation
| 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
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN