揺れる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
揺
ゆ
Grade: S

Etymology

Derived via regular historical processes from the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) intransitive form of classical Japanese verb 揺る (yuru), itself from Old Japanese.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Verb

揺れる (ichidan conjugation, hiragana ゆれる, rōmaji yureru)

  1. to shake, to quake, to sway back and forth
    地 (じ)面 (めん)が揺 (ゆ)れた。
    Jimen ga yureta.
    The earth shook.
  2. to pitch, to roll, to rock, to toss about (such as a ship on rough seas)
  3. to jolt or joggle (such as a vehicle)
  4. to swing back and forth (such as something suspended or hanging)
  5. to flicker, to waver (such as a flame)
  6. to tremble, to vibrate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 揺 (ゆ)らす (yurasu): to make something shake, quake, sway, pitch, roll, etc. (the transitive or causative form of all the above verb senses)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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