めげる
Japanese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) めげる [mègéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA(key): [me̞ɡe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
めげる • (megeru) ichidan (stem めげ (mege), past めげた (megeta))
- to give in; to give up; to lose heart
- めげずに頑張る
- megezu ni ganbaru
- to doggedly persevere
- めげずに頑張る
Conjugation
Conjugation of "めげる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | めげ | mege | ||
| Continuative (連用形) | めげ | mege | ||
| Terminal (終止形) | めげる | megeru | ||
| Attributive (連体形) | めげる | megeru | ||
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | めげれ | megere | ||
| Imperative (命令形) | めげよ¹ めげろ² | megeyo¹ megero² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | めげられる | megerareru | ||
| Causative | めげさせる めげさす | megesaseru megesasu | ||
| Potential | めげられる めげれる³ | megerareru megereru³ | ||
| Volitional | めげよう | megeyō | ||
| Negative | めげない めげぬ めげん | megenai megenu megen | ||
| Negative continuative | めげず | megezu | ||
| Formal | めげます | megemasu | ||
| Perfective | めげた | megeta | ||
| Conjunctive | めげて | megete | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | めげれば | megereba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN