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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 留 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable[edit]
- The hiragana syllable る (ru). Its equivalent in katakana is ル (ru). It is the forty-first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行う段 (ra-gyō u-dan, “row ra, section u”).
See also[edit]
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
る • (-ru) godan (stem り (-ri), past った (-tta))
- A general method to form verbs (as a godan katsuyō verb). Much less productive than 〜する (-suru, “to do”).
Etymology 3[edit]
Contraction of いる (iru).
Verb[edit]
- (informal, used after the conjunctive て (-te) form of a verb as てる (-teru)) the present progressive: to be doing
- 待ってる
- matteru
- to be waiting
- 待ってる
Etymology 4[edit]
Regular adnominal conjugation of verbal auxiliary suffix り (ri) indicating resulting state or completion of action.
Suffix[edit]
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