ちぎる

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of ちぎる – see the following entries.

【契る】 [verb] to swear something, to pledge something

【千切る】 [verb] tear up, tear to pieces [verb] tear off, pluck

(This term, ちぎる (chigiru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ちぎる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ちぎる.)

Etymology 2

Suffix

ちぎる • (-chigiru) godan (stem ちぎり (-chigiri), past ちぎった (-chigitta))

1. (after verb stems, forming a verb) greatly

   ‎ほめる (homeru) + ‎ちぎる (-chigiru) → ‎ほめちぎる (homechigiru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ちぎる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ちぎら	chigira
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ちぎり	chigiri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ちぎる	chigiru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ちぎる	chigiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ちぎれ	chigire
Meireikei ("imperative")	ちぎれ	chigire
Key constructions
Passive	ちぎられる	chigirareru
Causative	ちぎらせる ちぎらす	chigiraseru chigirasu
Potential	ちぎれる	chigireru
Volitional	ちぎろう	chigirō
Negative	ちぎらない	chigiranai
Negative continuative	ちぎらず	chigirazu
Formal	ちぎります	chigirimasu
Perfective	ちぎった	chigitta
Conjunctive	ちぎって	chigitte
Hypothetical conditional	ちぎれば	chigireba