よこぎる

よこぎる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
横切る 横ぎる

Etymology

Compound of 横 (yoko, “sideways, horizontal”) +‎ 切る (kiru, “cut”).[1][2] The kiru changes to giru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よこぎ​る [yòkógíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ko̞ɡʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "横切る"

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	横切る	よこぎ​る	[yòkógíꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形)	横切れ	よこぎ​れ	[yòkógíꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive	横切られる	よこぎられ​る	[yòkógíráréꜜrù]
Causative	横切らせる	よこぎらせ​る	[yòkógíráséꜜrù]
Potential	横切れる	よこぎれ​る	[yòkógíréꜜrù]
Volitional	横切ろう	よこぎろ​ー	[yòkógíróꜜò]
Negative	横切らない	よこぎら​ない	[yòkógíráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective	横切らなかった	よこぎら​なかった	[yòkógíráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal	横切ります	よこぎりま​す	[yòkógírímáꜜsù]
Perfective	横切った	よこぎ​った	[yòkógíꜜttà]
Conjunctive	横切って	よこぎ​って	[yòkógíꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional	横切れば	よこぎ​れば	[yòkógíꜜrèbà]

Verb

よこぎる • (yokogiru) transitive godan (stem よこぎり (yokogiri), past よこぎった (yokogitta))

1. to traverse, to cross, to cut across

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よこぎる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	よこぎら	yokogira
Continuative (連用形)	よこぎり	yokogiri
Terminal (終止形)	よこぎる	yokogiru
Attributive (連体形)	よこぎる	yokogiru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	よこぎれ	yokogire
Imperative (命令形)	よこぎれ	yokogire
Key constructions
Passive	よこぎられる	yokogirareru
Causative	よこぎらせる よこぎらす	yokogiraseru yokogirasu
Potential	よこぎれる	yokogireru
Volitional	よこぎろう	yokogirō
Negative	よこぎらない	yokogiranai
Negative continuative	よこぎらず	yokogirazu
Formal	よこぎります	yokogirimasu
Perfective	よこぎった	yokogitta
Conjunctive	よこぎって	yokogitte
Hypothetical conditional	よこぎれば	yokogireba

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN