べたぼれ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
べた惚れ ベタ惚れ

Etymology

From べた (beta) + 惚(ほ)れ (hore, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 惚(ほ)れる (horeru).). The hore changes to bore as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べたぼれ [bètábóré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [be̞ta̠bo̞ɾe̞]

Noun

べたぼれ or ベタぼれ • (betabore) ^{←べたぼれ (betabore)?}

1. head over heels

Verb

べたぼれする or ベタぼれする • (betabore suru) ^{←べたぼれ (betabore)?}suru (stem べたぼれし (betaboresuru shi), past べたぼれした (betaboresuru shita))

1. to be head over heels

Conjugation

Conjugation of "べたぼれする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	べたぼれし	betabore shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	べたぼれし	betabore shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	べたぼれする	betabore suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	べたぼれする	betabore suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	べたぼれすれ	betabore sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	べたぼれせよ¹ べたぼれしろ²	betabore seyo¹ betabore shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	べたぼれされる	betabore sareru
Causative	べたぼれさせる べたぼれさす	betabore saseru betabore sasu
Potential	べたぼれできる	betabore dekiru
Volitional	べたぼれしよう	betabore shiyō
Negative	べたぼれしない	betabore shinai
Negative continuative	べたぼれせず	betabore sezu
Formal	べたぼれします	betabore shimasu
Perfective	べたぼれした	betabore shita
Conjunctive	べたぼれして	betabore shite
Hypothetical conditional	べたぼれすれば	betabore sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative