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誇る
誇る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 誇 |
|
ほこ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
誇る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ほこる, romaji hokoru)
- to pride oneself on
- to be proud of
- to boast (to have)
- 長い歴史を誇る
- nagai rekishi o hokoru
- It boasts a long history.
- 長い歴史を誇る
Derived terms
- 誇り (hokori)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "誇る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 誇ら | ほこら | hokora |
| Continuative (連用形) | 誇り | ほこり | hokori |
| Terminal (終止形) | 誇る | ほこる | hokoru |
| Attributive (連体形) | 誇る | ほこる | hokoru |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 誇れ | ほこれ | hokore |
| Imperative (命令形) | 誇れ | ほこれ | hokore |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 誇られる | ほこられる | hokorareru |
| Causative | 誇らせる 誇らす |
ほこらせる ほこらす |
hokoraseru hokorasu |
| Potential | 誇れる | ほこれる | hokoreru |
| Volitional | 誇ろう | ほころう | hokorō |
| Negative | 誇らない | ほこらない | hokoranai |
| Negative continuative | 誇らず | ほこらず | hokorazu |
| Formal | 誇ります | ほこります | hokorimasu |
| Perfective | 誇った | ほこった | hokotta |
| Conjunctive | 誇って | ほこって | hokotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 誇れば | ほこれば | hokoreba |