凍る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
凍
こお
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
氷る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "凍る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
凍る こおる [kòórú]
Imperative (命令形) 凍れ こおれ [kòóré]
Key constructions
Passive 凍られる こおられる [kòórárérú]
Causative 凍らせる こおらせる [kòórásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 凍ろう こおろ​ー [kòóróꜜò]
Negative 凍らない こおらない [kòóránáí]
Negative perfective 凍らなかった こおらな​かった [kòóránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 凍ります こおりま​す [kòórímáꜜsù]
Perfective 凍った こおった [kòóttá]
Conjunctive 凍って こおって [kòótté]
Hypothetical conditional 凍れば こおれ​ば [kòóréꜜbà]

Verb

Japanese verb pair
active 凍らす
mediopassive 凍る

凍(こお)る • (kōru) intransitive godan (stem 凍(こお)り (kōri), past 凍(こお)った (kōtta))

  1. to freeze
    水(みず)が凍(こお)っている
    mizu ga kōtteiru
    the water is frozen
  2. to be frozen over
  3. to congeal

Usage notes

凍える is often used for body parts (of living organisms) to freeze, while 凍る is often used for objects (e.g. water freezes).

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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