裏切る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
裏 切
うら
Grade: 6		 き > ぎ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 裏 (ura, “back, behind”) +‎ 切る (kiru, “cut”).[1] The kiru changes to giru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Verb

裏切る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うらぎる, rōmaji uragiru)

  1. to betray, to sell someone out, to turn traitor, to double-cross
  2. to disappoint

Conjugation
Conjugation of "裏切る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 裏切ら うらぎら uragira
Continuative (連用形) 裏切り うらぎり uragiri
Terminal (終止形) 裏切る うらぎる uragiru
Attributive (連体形) 裏切る うらぎる uragiru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 裏切れ うらぎれ uragire
Imperative (命令形) 裏切れ うらぎれ uragire
Key constructions
Passive 裏切られる うらぎられる uragirareru
Causative 裏切らせる
裏切らす		 うらぎらせる
うらぎらす		 uragiraseru
uragirasu
Potential 裏切れる うらぎれる uragireru
Volitional 裏切ろう うらぎろう uragirō
Negative 裏切らない うらぎらない uragiranai
Negative continuative 裏切らず うらぎらず uragirazu
Formal 裏切ります うらぎります uragirimasu
Perfective 裏切った うらぎった uragitta
Conjunctive 裏切って うらぎって uragitte
Hypothetical conditional 裏切れば うらぎれば uragireba

Derived terms

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