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揺らぐ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
搖らぐ (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Formerly ゆらく (yuraku), with the final -ku softening to -gu. Derived from adverb ゆら (yura, evoking the sound of a ball or bell rocking), itself derived from or cognate with the imperfective form of Old Japanese verb ゆる (yuru) (揺る / 淘る / 汰る, "to rock, to shake").

Compare 揺れる (yureru, to shake; to be unsettled; to hesitate).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「揺らぐ
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
揺らぐ らぐ [yùrágú]
Imperative (命令形) 揺らげ らげ [yùrágé]
Key constructions
Passive 揺らがれる らがれる [yùrágárérú]
Causative 揺らがせる らがせる [yùrágásérú]
Potential 揺らげる らげる [yùrágérú]
Volitional 揺らごう らご [yùrágóꜜò]
Negative 揺らがない らがない [yùrágánáí]
Negative perfective 揺らがなかった らがなかった [yùrágánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 揺らぎます らぎま [yùrágímáꜜsù]
Perfective 揺らいだ らいだ [yùráídá]
Conjunctive 揺らいで らいで [yùráídé]
Hypothetical conditional 揺らげば らげ [yùrágéꜜbà]

Verb

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()らぐ (yuraguintransitive godan (stem ()らぎ (yuragi), past ()らいだ (yuraida))

  1. to waver, to sway back and forth
  2. to shake, to tremble
  3. to feel shaken

Conjugation

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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