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あさる

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
漁る

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *asaru.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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あさる • (asaru) ←あさる (asaru)?transitive godan (stem あさり (asari), past あさった (asatta))

  1. to look for
  2. to fish
  3. (informal) to dig through; to browse
    人(ひと)のSNS(エスエヌエス)を漁(あさ)る
    hito no esu-enu-esu o asaru
    to dig through someone's social media accounts

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "あさる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") あさら asara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") あさり asari
Shūshikei ("terminal") あさる asaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") あさる asaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") あされ asare
Meireikei ("imperative") あされ asare
Key constructions
Passive あさられる asarareru
Causative あさらせる
あさらす 		asaraseru
asarasu
Potential あされる asareru
Volitional あさろう asarō
Negative あさらない asaranai
Negative continuative あさらず asarazu
Formal あさります asarimasu
Perfective あさった asatta
Conjunctive あさって asatte
Hypothetical conditional あされば asareba

References

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  1. ^ “漁”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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