ヤフる

Japanese

Etymology

Shift from the proper noun ヤフー (Yafū), itself a borrowing from English Yahoo!.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ヤフる [yàfúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ja̠ɸɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ヤフる • (yafuru) transitive godan (stem ヤフり (yafuri), past ヤフった (yafutta))

(Internet slang) to search the Internet using the Yahoo! search engine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ヤフる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ヤフら	yafura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ヤフり	yafuri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ヤフる	yafuru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ヤフる	yafuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ヤフれ	yafure
Meireikei ("imperative")	ヤフれ	yafure
Key constructions
Passive	ヤフられる	yafurareru
Causative	ヤフらせるヤフらす	yafuraseru yafurasu
Potential	ヤフれる	yafureru
Volitional	ヤフろう	yafurō
Negative	ヤフらない	yafuranai
Negative continuative	ヤフらず	yafurazu
Formal	ヤフります	yafurimasu
Perfective	ヤフった	yafutta
Conjunctive	ヤフって	yafutte
Hypothetical conditional	ヤフれば	yafureba

See also

ググる (guguru): to google something

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