狙う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ねら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らう [nèráú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞ɾa̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "狙う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
狙う らう [nèráú]
Imperative (命令形) 狙え らえ [nèráé]
Key constructions
Passive 狙われる らわれる [nèráwárérú]
Causative 狙わせる らわせる [nèráwásérú]
Potential 狙える らえる [nèráérú]
Volitional 狙おう らお [nèráóꜜò]
Negative 狙わない らわない [nèráwánáí]
Negative perfective 狙わなかった らわなかった [nèráwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 狙います らいま [nèráímáꜜsù]
Perfective 狙った らった [nèráttá]
Conjunctive 狙って らって [nèrátté]
Hypothetical conditional 狙えば らえ [nèráéꜜbà]

Verb

(ねら) • (nerau) transitive godan (stem (ねら) (nerai), past (ねら)った (neratta))

  1. to aim
    (とり)(ねら)って()った。
    Tori o neratte utta.
    He aimed his gun at the bird and fired.
  2. to have one's eye on something
  3. to watch for opportunity
  4. to seek

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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