ヤフる
Japanese
Etymology
Shift from the proper noun ヤフー (Yafū), itself a borrowing from English Yahoo!.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ヤフる [yàfúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA(key): [ja̠ɸɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
ヤフる (transitive, godan conjugation, rōmaji yafuru)
- (Internet slang) to search the Internet using the Yahoo! search engine.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ヤフる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | ヤフら | yafura | |
| Continuative (連用形) | ヤフり | yafuri | |
| Terminal (終止形) | ヤフる | yafuru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | ヤフる | yafuru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | ヤフれ | yafure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | ヤフれ | yafure | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | ヤフられる | yafurareru | |
| Causative | ヤフらせる ヤフらす | yafuraseru yafurasu | |
| Potential | ヤフれる | yafureru | |
| Volitional | ヤフろう | yafurō | |
| Negative | ヤフらない | yafuranai | |
| Negative continuative | ヤフらず | yafurazu | |
| Formal | ヤフります | yafurimasu | |
| Perfective | ヤフった | yafutta | |
| Conjunctive | ヤフって | yafutte | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ヤフれば | yafureba | |
See also
- ググる (guguru): to google something