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くれる

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling
呉れる (rare)

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of くれる
Plain くれる れる [kùrérú]
Conjunctive くれて れて [kùrété]
Perfective くれた れた [kùrétá]
Negative くれない れない [kùrénáí]
Negative perfective くれなかった れなかった [kùrénáꜜkàttà]
Hypothetical conditional くれれば れれ [kùréréꜜbà]
Past conditional くれたら れた [kùrétáꜜrà]
Imperative くれ
くれよ

[kùré]
[kùréꜜyò]
Volitional くれよう れよ [kùréyóꜜò]
Desiderative くれたい れたい [kùrétáí]
Formal くれます れま [kùrémáꜜsù]
Formal negative くれません れませ [kùrémáséꜜǹ]
Formal volitional くれましょう れましょ [kùrémáshóꜜò]
Formal perfective くれました れました [kùrémáꜜshìtà]
Continuative くれ
くれに

れに
[kùré]
[kùré ní]
Negative continuative くれず
くれずに
れず
れずに
[kùrézú]
[kùrézú ní]
Passive くれられる れられる [kùrérárérú]
Causative くれさせる
くれさす
れさせる
れさす
[kùrésásérú]
[kùrésású]
Potential くれられる
くれれる
れられる
れれる
[kùrérárérú]
[kùrérérú]

Verb

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くれる (kureruichidan (stem くれ (kure), past くれた (kureta))

  1. to give to me, to us, or to someone close to me
    (とも)(だち)(シィー)(ディー)くれた
    Tomodachi ga shīidī o kureta.
    My friend gave a CD to me.
  2. to do something for me, for us, or for someone close to me
    (さら)(あら)ってくれる
    Osara o arattekureru.
    He washes the dishes for me.
Usage notes
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  • The receiver is always the speaker or someone close to the speaker such as a family member.
Conjugation
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Synonyms
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See also
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of くれる – see the following entry.
暮れる
[verb] (impersonal) to get dark, (of night) to fall
[verb] to end, to near the end (of a period of time, such as a season, day, year, or life)
[verb] to be overwhelmed by an emotion, to be lost in thought
[verb] 眩れる, 暗れる: to become depressed, to become dreary of mood
Alternative spellings
眩れる, 暗れる, 昏れる
(This term, くれる (kureru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くれる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くれる.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN