る
See also: ろ
Japanese
Stroke order | |||
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 留 in the cursive sōsho style.
Syllable
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
- (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 (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 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2
Suffix
- 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
Conjugation of "る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ら | ra | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | り | ri | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | る | ru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | る | ru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | れ | re | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 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 |