ちょんぎれる

ちょんぎれる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ちょん切れる

Etymology

From ちょん (chon) + 切(き)れる (kireru).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちょんぎれ​る [chòńgíréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕõ̞ŋʲɡʲiɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ちょんぎれる • (chongireru) godan (stem ちょんぎれり (chongireri), past ちょんぎれった (chongiretta))

Japanese verb pair
active	ちょんぎる
mediopassive	ちょんぎれる

1. (informal) to be cut and come off
   • 2013, “ヤツメ穴”‎:

     壁(かべ)を見(み)ると穴(あな)が開(あ)いてたので
     指(ゆび)をつっこんだらちょん切(ぎ)れた

     kabe o miru to ana ga aiteta no de
     yubi o tsukkondara chongireta

     I looked at the well and there was a hole in it,
     so I stuck my finger in it and it got lopped right off

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ちょんぎれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	ちょんぎれら	chongirera
Continuative (連用形)	ちょんぎれり	chongireri
Terminal (終止形)	ちょんぎれる	chongireru
Attributive (連体形)	ちょんぎれる	chongireru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	ちょんぎれれ	chongirere
Imperative (命令形)	ちょんぎれれ	chongirere
Key constructions
Passive	ちょんぎれられる	chongirerareru
Causative	ちょんぎれらせる ちょんぎれらす	chongireraseru chongirerasu
Potential	ちょんぎれれる	chongirereru
Volitional	ちょんぎれろう	chongirerō
Negative	ちょんぎれらない	chongireranai
Negative continuative	ちょんぎれらず	chongirerazu
Formal	ちょんぎれります	chongirerimasu
Perfective	ちょんぎれった	chongiretta
Conjunctive	ちょんぎれって	chongirette
Hypothetical conditional	ちょんぎれれば	chongirereba

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN