よこたえる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
横たえる

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よこたえ​る [yòkótáéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) よこた​える [yòkótáꜜèrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ko̞ta̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

よこたえる • (yokotaeru) ^{←よこたへる (yokotaferu)?}transitive ichidan (stem よこたえ (yokotae), past よこたえた (yokotaeta))

Japanese verb pair
active	横(よこ)たえる (横(よこ)たえる)
mediopassive	横(よこ)たわる (横(よこ)たわる)

1. (transitive) to lay down

   体(からだ)を横(よこ)たえる

   karada o yokotaeru

   to lie down

   (literally, “to lay one's body down”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "よこたえる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	よこたえ	yokotae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	よこたえ	yokotae
Shūshikei ("terminal")	よこたえる	yokotaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	よこたえる	yokotaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	よこたえれ	yokotaere
Meireikei ("imperative")	よこたえよ¹ よこたえろ²	yokotaeyo¹ yokotaero²
Key constructions
Passive	よこたえられる	yokotaerareru
Causative	よこたえさせる よこたえさす	yokotaesaseru yokotaesasu
Potential	よこたえられる よこたえれる³	yokotaerareru yokotaereru³
Volitional	よこたえよう	yokotaeyō
Negative	よこたえない よこたえぬ よこたえん	yokotaenai yokotaenu yokotaen
Negative continuative	よこたえず	yokotaezu
Formal	よこたえます	yokotaemasu
Perfective	よこたえた	yokotaeta
Conjunctive	よこたえて	yokotaete
Hypothetical conditional	よこたえれば	yokotaereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential