揺れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Derived via regular historical processes from the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation) intransitive form of classical Japanese verb 揺る (yuru), itself from Old Japanese.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Verb

揺れる (ichidan conjugation, hiragana ゆれる, rōmaji yureru)

Japanese verb pair
active 揺らす
mediopassive 揺れる
  1. to shake, to quake, to sway back and forth
     () (めん) ()れた
    Jimen ga yureta.
    The earth shook.
  2. to pitch, to roll, to rock, to toss about (such as a ship on rough seas)
  3. to jolt or joggle (such as a vehicle)
  4. to swing back and forth (such as something suspended or hanging)
  5. to flicker, to waver (such as a flame)
  6. to tremble, to vibrate

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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