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狙う
狙う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 狙 |
| Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
狙う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ねらう, romaji nerau)
- to aim
- 鳥を狙って撃った。
- Tori o neratte utta.
- He aimed his gun at the bird and fired.
- 鳥を狙って撃った。
- to have one's eye on something
- to watch for opportunity
- to seek
Conjugation
Conjugation of "狙う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 狙わ | ねらわ | nerawa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 狙い | ねらい | nerai |
| Terminal (終止形) | 狙う | ねらう | nerau |
| Attributive (連体形) | 狙う | ねらう | nerau |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 狙え | ねらえ | nerae |
| Imperative (命令形) | 狙え | ねらえ | nerae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 狙われる | ねらわれる | nerawareru |
| Causative | 狙わせる 狙わす |
ねらわせる ねらわす |
nerawaseru nerawasu |
| Potential | 狙える | ねらえる | neraeru |
| Volitional | 狙おう | ねらおう | neraō |
| Negative | 狙わない | ねらわない | nerawanai |
| Negative continuative | 狙わず | ねらわず | nerawazu |
| Formal | 狙います | ねらいます | neraimasu |
| Perfective | 狙った | ねらった | neratta |
| Conjunctive | 狙って | ねらって | neratte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 狙えば | ねらえば | neraeba |