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劣る

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おと
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「劣る
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
劣る とる [òtórú]
Imperative (命令形) 劣れ とれ [òtóré]
Key constructions
Passive 劣られる とられる [òtórárérú]
Causative 劣らせる とらせる [òtórásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 劣ろう とろ [òtóróꜜò]
Negative 劣らない とらない [òtóránáí]
Negative perfective 劣らなかった とらなかった [òtóránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 劣ります とりま [òtórímáꜜsù]
Perfective 劣った とった [òtóttá]
Conjunctive 劣って とって [òtótté]
Hypothetical conditional 劣れば とれ [òtóréꜜbà]

Verb

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(おと) (otoruintransitive godan (stem (おと) (otori), past (おと)った (ototta))

  1. to be poor at
    (かれ)(そう)(ぞう)(りょく)(おと)
    Kare wa sōzōryoku ni otoru.
    He is poor at imaginativity.
  2. to be inferior to; to be worse than
    ()(まち)(かっ)()(となり)(まち)(おと)
    Waga machi no kakki wa tonarimachi ni otoru.
    Our city's activity is inferior to a neighboring city.

Conjugation

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN