祈る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈
いの
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
祈る (kyūjitai)
祷る

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Derived from 斎 (i-, prefix expressing sacredness) + 宣る (noru, “to say or express an intention, usually to a deity”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いの​る [ìnóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ino̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "祈る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
祈る いの​る [ìnóꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 祈れ いの​れ [ìnóꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 祈られる いのられ​る [ìnóráréꜜrù]
Causative 祈らせる いのらせ​る [ìnóráséꜜrù]
Potential 祈れる いのれ​る [ìnóréꜜrù]
Volitional 祈ろう いのろ​ー [ìnóróꜜò]
Negative 祈らない いのら​ない [ìnóráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 祈らなかった いのら​なかった [ìnóráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 祈ります いのりま​す [ìnórímáꜜsù]
Perfective 祈った いの​った [ìnóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 祈って いの​って [ìnóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 祈れば いの​れば [ìnóꜜrèbà]

Verb

祈(いの)る • (inoru) transitive godan (stem 祈(いの)り (inori), past 祈(いの)った (inotta))

  1. to pray
    成(せい)功(こう)を祈(いの)る。
    Seikō o inoru.
    Good luck.
    (literally, “I'll pray for your success.”)
    Synonym: 祈願する (kigan suru)
  2. to (sincerely) hope for
    Synonyms: 希望する (kibō suru), 望む (nozomu)
  3. (commonly used as passive) to reject job [applicants]
    • 2014 January 15, “就職無理学部の就活: 1人で悩むな!”, in 図書館ウェブサイト‎, Kyushu University Library:
      僕(ぼく)も第(だい)一(いち)志(し)望(ぼう)の業(ぎょう)界(かい)に祈(いの)られ続(つづ)け、本(ほん)当(とう)に辛(つら)い思(おも)いをした記(き)憶(おく)もあります。
      Boku mo daiichi shibō no gyōkai ni inorare tsuzuke, hontō ni tsurai omoi o shita kioku mo ari masu.
      I was also continuously rejected by my top-choice industry, and also remember having trying experience.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Proverbs

  • 祈(いの)るより稼(かせ)げ (inoru yori kasege)

See also

  • 祈(の)む (nomu)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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