触る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
觸る (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "触る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
触る わる [sàwárú]
Imperative (命令形) 触れ われ [sàwáré]
Key constructions
Passive 触られる わられる [sàwárárérú]
Causative 触らせる わらせる [sàwárásérú]
Potential 触れる われる [sàwárérú]
Volitional 触ろう わろ [sàwáróꜜò]
Negative 触らない わらない [sàwáránáí]
Negative perfective 触らなかった わらなかった [sàwáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 触ります わりま [sàwárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 触った わった [sàwáttá]
Conjunctive 触って わって [sàwátté]
Hypothetical conditional 触れば われ [sàwáréꜜbà]

Verb

(さわ) (sawaru) さはる (safaru)?intransitive godan (stem (さわ) (sawari), past (さわ)った (sawatta))

  1. to touch, to feel
    (ぼく)(くるま)(さわ)らないでくれ。
    Boku no kuruma o sawaranai de kure.
    Don't touch my car!
    (さわ)な!
    Sawaru na!
    Hands off!

Usage notes

  • The verb 触る often carries a negative or sexual connotation.
  • Although 触る is intransitive, it may be used with the direct object marker (o).

Conjugation

Synonyms

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. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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