欲る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 欲 |
| ほ Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほる [hòrú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [ho̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
欲る • (horu) transitive †yodan
- (obsolete) to want, desire
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 15, poem 3589)
- 伊毛我目乎保里
- imo ga me o hori
- I want to see her.
- 伊毛我目乎保里
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 15, poem 3589)
Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "欲る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 欲ら | ほら | fora |
| Continuative (連用形) | 欲り | ほり | fori |
| Terminal (終止形) | 欲る | ほる | foru |
| Attributive (連体形) | 欲る | ほる | foru |
| Realis (已然形) | 欲れ | ほれ | fore |
| Imperative (命令形) | 欲れ | ほれ | fore |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 欲らず | ほらず | forazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 欲れど | ほれど | foredo |
| Causal conjunction | 欲れば | ほれば | foreba |
| Conditional conjunction | 欲らば | ほらば | foraba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 欲りき | ほりき | foriki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 欲りけり | ほりけり | forikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 欲りつ | ほりつ | foritu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 欲りぬ | ほりぬ | forinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 欲れり 欲りたり | ほれり ほりたり | foreri foritari |
| Volitional | 欲らむ | ほらむ | foramu |
References
- “欲る”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months