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Etymology

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(uncommon)

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「得る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
得る [éꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 得ろ [éꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 得られる られ [èráréꜜrù]
Causative 得させる させ [èsáséꜜrù]
Potential 得る [éꜜrù]
Volitional 得よう [èyóꜜò]
Negative 得ない ない [éꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 得なかった なかった [éꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 得ます [èmáꜜsù]
Perfective 得た [éꜜtà]
Conjunctive 得て [éꜜtè]
Hypothetical conditional 得れば れば [éꜜrèbà]

Verb

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() (erutransitive ichidan (stem () (e), past () (eta))

  1. [from 759] to get, acquire, gain, obtain, win, catch
  2. [from 1073] (following a verb in the attributive conjugation plus particle (o) or abstract noun (koto, fact, instance, occurrence)) to be able to, can (compare English get to do)
  3. [from 1073] (by extension; in the form ざるを()ない (-zaru o enai) following the imperfective form of a verb) cannot help but doing, cannot but do

Conjugation

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Suffix

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() (-uru

  1. [from 759] to be able to, -able
    出来(でき)()(かぎ)吾輩(わがはい)()れてくれた主人(しゅじん)(そば)いる(こと)つとめた
    Dekiuru kagiri wagahai o irete kureta shujin no soba ni iru koto o tsutometa.
    I tried to be at the side of the master who let me in as much as possible.

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References

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  1. ^ 得・獲”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN