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揺れる
揺れる
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 揺 |
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ゆ Grade: S |
Verb
揺れる (ichidan conjugation, hiragana ゆれる, romaji yureru)
- to shake, to quake, to sway back and forth
- 地面が揺れた。
- Jimen ga yureta.
- The earth shook.
- 地面が揺れた。
- to pitch, to roll, to rock, to toss about (such as a ship on rough seas)
- to jolt or joggle (such as a vehicle)
- to swing back and forth (such as something suspended or hanging)
- to flicker, to waver (such as a flame)
- to tremble, to vibrate
Conjugation
Conjugation of "揺れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 揺れ | ゆれ | yure | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 揺れ | ゆれ | yure | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 揺れる | ゆれる | yureru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 揺れる | ゆれる | yureru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 揺れれ | ゆれれ | yurere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 揺れよ¹ 揺れろ² |
ゆれよ¹ ゆれろ² |
yureyo¹ yurero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 揺れられる | ゆれられる | yurerareru | |
| Causative | 揺れさせる 揺れさす |
ゆれさせる ゆれさす |
yuresaseru yuresasu |
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| Potential | 揺れられる 揺れれる³ |
ゆれられる ゆれれる³ |
yurerareru yurereru³ |
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| Volitional | 揺れよう | ゆれよう | yureyō | |
| Negative | 揺れない 揺れぬ 揺れん |
ゆれない ゆれぬ ゆれん |
yurenai yurenu yuren |
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| Negative continuative | 揺れず | ゆれず | yurezu | |
| Formal | 揺れます | ゆれます | yuremasu | |
| Perfective | 揺れた | ゆれた | yureta | |
| Conjunctive | 揺れて | ゆれて | yurete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 揺れれば | ゆれれば | yurereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Derived terms
- 揺れ (yure): shaking, swaying, quaking, pitching, rolling, etc. (the noun form of all the above verb senses)
Related terms
- 揺らす (yurasu): to make something shake, quake, sway, pitch, roll, etc. (the transitive or causative form of all the above verb senses)