彫る
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 彫 |
| Grade: S |
weru > eru.
Alternative forms
- 鐫る
Verb
彫る (godan conjugation, hiragana える, rōmaji eru, historical hiragana ゑる)
- to sculpt; to carve
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 彫 |
| ほ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
poru > ɸoru > horu. Cognate with 掘る (hor-, “dig”).
Verb
彫る (godan conjugation, hiragana ほる, rōmaji horu)
- to carve
Conjugation
Conjugation of "彫る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 彫ら | ほら | hora |
| Continuative (連用形) | 彫り | ほり | hori |
| Terminal (終止形) | 彫る | ほる | horu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 彫る | ほる | horu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 彫れ | ほれ | hore |
| Imperative (命令形) | 彫れ | ほれ | hore |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 彫られる | ほられる | horareru |
| Causative | 彫らせる 彫らす | ほらせる ほらす | horaseru horasu |
| Potential | 彫れる | ほれる | horeru |
| Volitional | 彫ろう | ほろう | horō |
| Negative | 彫らない | ほらない | horanai |
| Negative continuative | 彫らず | ほらず | horazu |
| Formal | 彫ります | ほります | horimasu |
| Perfective | 彫った | ほった | hotta |
| Conjunctive | 彫って | ほって | hotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 彫れば | ほれば | horeba |