欲る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
欲
ほ Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほる [hòrú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

欲(ほ)る • (horu) transitive ^†yodan

1. (obsolete) to want, desire
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 15, poem 3589:

     伊毛(いも)我(が)目(め)乎(を)保里(ほり)

     imo ga me o hori

     I want to see her.

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "欲る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	欲ら	ほら	fora
Continuative (連用形)	欲り	ほり	fori
Terminal (終止形)	欲る	ほる	foru
Attributive (連体形)	欲る	ほる	foru
Realis (已然形)	欲れ	ほれ	fore
Imperative (命令形)	欲れ	ほれ	fore
Key constructions
Negative	欲らず	ほらず	forazu
Contrasting conjunction	欲れど	ほれど	foredo
Causal conjunction	欲れば	ほれば	foreba
Conditional conjunction	欲らば	ほらば	foraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	欲りき	ほりき	foriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	欲りけり	ほりけり	forikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	欲りつ	ほりつ	foritu
Perfect tense (natural event)	欲りぬ	ほりぬ	forinu
Perfect-continuative tense	欲れり 欲りたり	ほれり ほりたり	foreri foritari
Volitional	欲らむ	ほらむ	foramu

Derived terms

• 欲(ほり)す (horisu)
• 欲(ほっ)する (hossuru)

Related terms

• 欲(ほ)しい (hoshii)
• 欲(ほ)しがる (hoshigaru)

References

• “欲る”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months