Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
貰う

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "もらう"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
もらう らう [mòráú]
Imperative (命令形) もらえ らえ [mòráé]
Key constructions
Passive もらわれる らわれる [mòráwárérú]
Causative もらわせる らわせる [mòráwásérú]
Potential もらえる らえる [mòráérú]
Volitional もらおう らお [mòráóꜜò]
Negative もらわない らわない [mòráwánáí]
Negative perfective もらわなかった らわなかった [mòráwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal もらいます らいま [mòráímáꜜsù]
Perfective もらった らった [mòráttá]
Conjunctive もらって らって [mòrátté]
Hypothetical conditional もらえば らえ [mòráéꜜbà]

Verb edit

もらう (morauもらふ (morafu)?transitive godan (stem もらい (morai), past もらった (moratta))

  1. to receive
  2. to take
Usage notes edit

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation edit
See also edit
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Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of もらう – see the following entry.
守らう
[verb] (Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out
Alternative spelling
候う
(This term, もらう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN