参る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
参
まい
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

参る (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まいる, rōmaji mairu, historical hiragana まゐる)

  1. (humble) to go; to go to
    このエレベーターは上 (うえ)へ参 (まい)ります。
    Kono erebētā wa ue e mairimasu.
    This lift is going up.
  2. (humble) to come
    電 (でん)車 (しゃ)がまいります。
    Densha ga mairimasu.
    The train is arriving.
  3. to visit
    墓 (はか)に参 (まい)る
    haka ni mairu
    to visit a grave
    神 (じん)社 (じゃ)に参 (まい)る
    jinja ni mairu
    to visit a shrine
  4. to lose to an opponent
  5. to be bothered by circumstances

Conjugation

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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