燃える

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

/moju//mojeru//moeru/

From classical verb 燃ゆ (moyu).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "燃える"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
燃える える [mòérú]
Imperative (命令形) 燃えろ えろ [mòéró]
Key constructions
Passive 燃えられる えられる [mòérárérú]
Causative 燃えさせる えさせる [mòésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 燃えよう えよ [mòéyóꜜò]
Negative 燃えない えない [mòénáí]
Negative perfective 燃えなかった えなかった [mòénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 燃えます えま [mòémáꜜsù]
Perfective 燃えた えた [mòétá]
Conjunctive 燃えて えて [mòété]
Hypothetical conditional 燃えれば えれ [mòéréꜜbà]

Verb[edit]

Japanese verb pair
active 燃やす
mediopassive 燃える

()える (moeruintransitive ichidan (stem () (moe), past ()えた (moeta))

  1. to burn
    (いえ)()えてしまった。
    Ie ga moeteshimatta.
    The house burned to the ground.
    ()やすいもの
    moeyasui mono
    things that burn easily
  2. to get fired up
    (かれ)は、「(すい)(えい)(たい)(かい)優勝(ゆうしょう)する!」と()えている
    Kare wa,“suiei taikai de yūshō suru!” to moeteiru.
    "The swim meet is mine!" he passionately exclaimed.
    (literally, “He is burning, "I will win first place at the swim meet!".”)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN