揺らぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揺
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
搖らぐ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Formerly ゆらく (yuraku), with the final -ku softening to -gu. Derived from adverb ゆら (yura, evoking the sound of a ball or bell rocking), itself derived from or cognate with the imperfective form of Old Japanese verb ゆる (yuru) (揺る / 淘る / 汰る, "to rock, to shake").

Compare 揺れる (yureru, “to shake; to be unsettled; to hesitate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɡɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "揺らぐ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
揺らぐ ゆらぐ [yùrágú]
Imperative (命令形) 揺らげ ゆらげ [yùrágé]
Key constructions
Passive 揺らがれる ゆらがれる [yùrágárérú]
Causative 揺らがせる ゆらがせる [yùrágásérú]
Potential 揺らげる ゆらげる [yùrágérú]
Volitional 揺らごう ゆらご​ー [yùrágóꜜò]
Negative 揺らがない ゆらがない [yùrágánáí]
Negative perfective 揺らがなかった ゆらがな​かった [yùrágánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 揺らぎます ゆらぎま​す [yùrágímáꜜsù]
Perfective 揺らいだ ゆらいだ [yùráídá]
Conjunctive 揺らいで ゆらいで [yùráídé]
Hypothetical conditional 揺らげば ゆらげ​ば [yùrágéꜜbà]

Verb

揺(ゆ)らぐ • (yuragu) intransitive godan (stem 揺(ゆ)らぎ (yuragi), past 揺(ゆ)らいだ (yuraida))

  1. waver, sway back and forth
  2. shake, tremble
  3. feel shaken

Conjugation

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