祈る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祈
いの Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

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

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) いのる [ìnóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ino̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

祈る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いのる, rōmaji inoru)

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)
to (sincerely) hope for
Synonyms: 希望する (kibō suru), 望む (nozomu)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "祈る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	祈ら	いのら	inora
Continuative (連用形)	祈り	いのり	inori
Terminal (終止形)	祈る	いのる	inoru
Attributive (連体形)	祈る	いのる	inoru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	祈れ	いのれ	inore
Imperative (命令形)	祈れ	いのれ	inore
Key constructions
Passive	祈られる	いのられる	inorareru
Causative	祈らせる祈らす	いのらせるいのらす	inoraseru inorasu
Potential	祈れる	いのれる	inoreru
Volitional	祈ろう	いのろう	inorō
Negative	祈らない	いのらない	inoranai
Negative continuative	祈らず	いのらず	inorazu
Formal	祈ります	いのります	inorimasu
Perfective	祈った	いのった	inotta
Conjunctive	祈って	いのって	inotte
Hypothetical conditional	祈れば	いのれば	inoreba

Derived terms

Derived terms

祈 (いの)り (inori, “prayer”)
祈 (いの)り上 (あ)げる (inori-ageru)
祈 (いの)り釘 (くぎ) (inorikugi)
祈 (いの)りの使 (つか)い (inori no tsukai)
御 (お)祈 (いのり)奉 (ぶ)行 (ぎょう) (o-inori bugyō)
御 (お)祈 (いの)りメール (o-inori mēru)
腰 (こし)祈 (いのり) (Koshiinori)
主 (しゅ)の祈 (いの)り (Shu no Inori)

Proverbs

祈 (いの)るより稼 (かせ)げ (inoru yori kasege)

See also

祈 (の)む (nomu)

References

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

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