Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
乾る

Etymology edit

Originally an upper bigrade verb () (fu) in the Nara period.[1] It shifted into the upper monograde conjugation later on before the modern period.

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

() (hiruintransitive ichidan (stem () (hi), past () (hita))

Japanese verb pair
active () (())
mediopassive () (())
  1. to dry
    Synonym: 乾く (kawaku)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN