る

See also: ろ

る U+308B, る HIRAGANA LETTER RU ← り [U+308A] Hiragana れ → [U+308C]

Japanese

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

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Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 留 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

る (romaji ru)

1. 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

• (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, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Suffix

る • (-ru) 

1. 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

Conjugation of "る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	ら	ra
Continuative (連用形)	り	ri
Terminal (終止形)	る	ru
Attributive (連体形)	る	ru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	れ	re
Imperative (命令形)	れ	re
Key constructions
Passive	られる	rareru
Causative	らせる らす	raseru rasu
Potential	れる	reru
Volitional	ろう	rō
Negative	らない	ranai
Negative continuative	らず	razu
Formal	ります	rimasu
Perfective	った	tta
Conjunctive	って	tte
Hypothetical conditional	れば	reba