る
See also: ろ and る゚
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
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Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 留 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
る (romaji ru)
- The hiragana syllable る (ru). Its equivalent in katakana is ル (ru). It is the forty-first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行う段 (ra-gyō u-dan, “row ra, section u”).
See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Suffix
る • (-ru)
- (slang) A general method to form verbs (as a godan katsuyō verb). Much less productive than 〜する (-suru, “to do”).
- サボる
- saboru
- to skip, to play hooky; to slack off, to shirk one's duties
- ググる
- guguru
- to Google
- サボる
Etymology 3
Shortening of いる (iru).
Verb
る • (ru)
- (informal, used after the conjunctive て (-te) form of a verb) the present progressive: to be doing
- 待ってる
- matteru
- to be waiting
- 待ってる
Etymology 4
Regular adnominal conjugation of verbal auxiliary suffix り (ri) indicating resulting state or completion of action.
Suffix
る
- (Classical Japanese or literary) adnominal of り (-ri)
- 眠れる森の美女
- Nemureru Mori no Bijo
- Sleeping Beauty
- wedding vows
- 富める時も貧しき時も
- tomeru toki mo mazushiki toki mo
- in wealth or poverty
- 富める時も貧しき時も
- 眠れる森の美女