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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]
る (romaji ru)
- 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, ゐゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑゑ゙, をを゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2[edit]
Suffix[edit]
- (slang) A general method to form verbs (as a godan katsuyō verb). Much less productive than 〜する (-suru, “to do”).
- サボる
- saboru
- to skip, to play hooky; to slack off, to shirk one's duties
- ググる
- guguru
- to google
- サボる
Etymology 3[edit]
Shortening of いる (iru).
Verb[edit]
- (informal, used after the conjunctive て (-te) form of a verb) the present progressive: to be doing
- 待ってる
- matteru
- to be waiting
- 待ってる
Etymology 4[edit]
Suffix[edit]
る
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