諂う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 諂 |
| Hyōgaiji |
Alternative forms
- 諛う
Verb
諂う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana へつらう, rōmaji hetsurau)
- to butter up, to flatter
Conjugation
Conjugation of "諂う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 諂わ | へつらわ | hetsurawa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 諂い | へつらい | hetsurai |
| Terminal (終止形) | 諂う | へつらう | hetsurau |
| Attributive (連体形) | 諂う | へつらう | hetsurau |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 諂え | へつらえ | hetsurae |
| Imperative (命令形) | 諂え | へつらえ | hetsurae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 諂われる | へつらわれる | hetsurawareru |
| Causative | 諂わせる 諂わす | へつらわせる へつらわす | hetsurawaseru hetsurawasu |
| Potential | 諂える | へつらえる | hetsuraeru |
| Volitional | 諂おう | へつらおう | hetsuraō |
| Negative | 諂わない | へつらわない | hetsurawanai |
| Negative continuative | 諂わず | へつらわず | hetsurawazu |
| Formal | 諂います | へつらいます | hetsuraimasu |
| Perfective | 諂った | へつらった | hetsuratta |
| Conjunctive | 諂って | へつらって | hetsuratte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 諂えば | へつらえば | hetsuraeba |