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 (transitive, godan conjugation, rōmaji yafuru)

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

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	ヤフら	yafura
Continuative (連用形)	ヤフり	yafuri
Terminal (終止形)	ヤフる	yafuru
Attributive (連体形)	ヤフる	yafuru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	ヤフれ	yafure
Imperative (命令形)	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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