Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ねん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Shift from verb (ねん)ずる (nenzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, s-irregular conjugation) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, upper monograde conjugation) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(ねん)じる (nenjirutransitive ichidan (stem (ねん) (nenji), past (ねん)じた (nenjita))

  1. to yearn for, to greatly desire, to pray for
    幸福(こうふく)(ねん)じている
    kōfuku o nenjiteiru
    yearning for happiness

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN