Japanese

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Alternative spelling
呉れ

Etymology 1

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/kurejo/ → */kurej//kurei//kureː//kure/

From earlier くれい (kurei).

One theory suggests a sound change from くれよ (kureyo), dropping the last vowel, from original kureyo to kurey (= kurei). Compare せい (sei), () (koi).

Verb

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くれ (kure

  1. imperative of くれる (kureru, to give to me, to do for me)
  2. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of くれる (kureru) [ichidan]

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of くれ – see the following entries.
暮れ
[noun] dusk, nightfall, sunset
[noun] about the end of a certain period of time
[noun] year-end
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[proper noun] (archaic) China, Chinese
[proper noun] Kure (a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)
(This term, くれ (kure), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as くれ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くれ.)

(The following entries are uncreated: , , , .)