Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
冱える

Etymology edit

Cognate with (saya) and さやか (sayaka).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "冴える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
冴える [sàéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 冴えろ [sàéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 冴えられる えられ [sàéráréꜜrù]
Causative 冴えさせる えさせ [sàésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 冴えよう えよ [sàéyóꜜò]
Negative 冴えない ない [sàéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 冴えなかった なかった [sàéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 冴えます えま [sàémáꜜsù]
Perfective 冴えた えた [sáꜜètà]
Conjunctive 冴えて えて [sáꜜètè]
Hypothetical conditional 冴えれば れば [sàéꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()える (saeruintransitive ichidan (stem () (sae), past ()えた (saeta))

  1. be clear, vivid
  2. be accomplished, have mastered
  3. be mentally clear, sharp

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN