得る

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
Grade: 4

From Proto-Japonic *airu, derived from *a- (to exist, to have).

Pronunciation

Verb

得る (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana える, rōmaji eru)

  1. get, acquire, gain, obtain, win, catch
  2. be able to, can
  3. (in the form ざるを得ない following the imperfective form of a verb) cannot help but doing, cannot but do

See also

Antonyms

Conjugation

Synonyms

Suffix

得る (hiragana うる, rōmaji -uru)

  1. to obtain (benefit)
  2. be able to, -able
     () () () (かぎ)吾輩 (わがはい) ()れてくれた (しゅ) (じん) (そば)にいる (こと)をつとめた。
    Dekiuru kagiri wagahai o irete kureta shujin no soba ni iru koto o tsutometa.
    I tried to be at the side of the master who let me in as much as possible.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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