払う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
払
はら Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) はらう [hàráꜜù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾa̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

(western dialects or literary variant)

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ハロー [hàróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾo̞ː]

Verb

払う (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 拂う, transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana はらう, rōmaji harau, historical hiragana はらふ)

to drive away, to get rid of
- 手 (て)で蝿 (はえ)を払 (はら)う
  te de hae o harau
  to whisk flies off
- 蜘 (く)蛛 (も)の巣 (す)を払 (はら)う
  kumo no su o harau
  to remove spiderwebs
to give away, to pay
- 給 (きゅう)料 (りょう)を払 (はら)う
  kyūryō o harau
  to pay salary
- 犠 (ぎ)牲 (せい)を払 (はら)う
  gisei o harau
  to make a sacrifice
to empty
- 部 (へ)屋 (や)を払 (はら)う
  heya o harau
  to clear out the room

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	払わ	はらわ	harawa
Continuative (連用形)	払い	はらい	harai
Terminal (終止形)	払う	はらう	harau
Attributive (連体形)	払う	はらう	harau
Hypothetical (仮定形)	払え	はらえ	harae
Imperative (命令形)	払え	はらえ	harae
Key constructions
Passive	払われる	はらわれる	harawareru
Causative	払わせる払わす	はらわせるはらわす	harawaseru harawasu
Potential	払える	はらえる	haraeru
Volitional	払おう	はらおう	haraō
Negative	払わない	はらわない	harawanai
Negative continuative	払わず	はらわず	harawazu
Formal	払います	はらいます	haraimasu
Perfective	払った	はらった	haratta
Conjunctive	払って	はらって	haratte
Hypothetical conditional	払えば	はらえば	haraeba

Coordinate terms

買 (か)う (kau): to buy
遣 (つか)う (tsukau): to spend

Related terms

支払 (しはら)う (shiharau)

References

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

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