酔う
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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酔 |
よ Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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醉う (kyūjitai) |
Etymology 1
[edit]/wepu/ → /wefu/ → /jefu/ → */jewu/ → */jowu/ → /jou/
Shift from classical verb 酔ふ (efu → eu), possibly parsed as jefu, itself from Old Japanese 酔ふ (wepu → wefu → eu).[1][2]
Compare the development of 葉 (efu → yō, “leaf”, on-yomi or Chinese-derived reading).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「酔う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
酔う | よう | [yóꜜù] |
Imperative (命令形) | 酔え | よえ | [yóꜜè] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 酔われる | よわれる | [yòwáréꜜrù] |
Causative | 酔わせる | よわせる | [yòwáséꜜrù] |
Potential | 酔える | よえる | [yòéꜜrù] |
Volitional | 酔おう | よおー | [yòóꜜò] |
Negative | 酔わない | よわない | [yòwáꜜnàì] |
Negative perfective | 酔わなかった | よわなかった | [yòwáꜜnàkàttà] |
Formal | 酔います | よいます | [yòímáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 酔った | よった | [yóꜜttà] |
Conjunctive | 酔って | よって | [yóꜜttè] |
Hypothetical conditional | 酔えば | よえば | [yóꜜèbà] |
Verb
[edit]酔う • (you) ←よふ (yofu)?intransitive godan (stem 酔い (yoi), past 酔った (yotta))
- to get drunk, become intoxicated or inebriated, fall under the influence of alcohol
- (figuratively) to become drunk or intoxicated (exhilarated) by something
- 夜景に酔う
- yakei ni you
- to get lost in the night scene
- 夜景に酔う
- to get motion sickness (as in carsick, airsick, seasick, etc.)
- 乗り物に酔う
- norimono ni you
- to get motion-sick on a vehicle
- 乗り物に酔う
- to get addicted
- Synonym: 中毒する (chūdoku suru)
- (archaic) to get poisoned (from eating meat or fish)
- Synonym: 中毒する (chūdoku suru)
- (archaic) to get distracted by charm
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "酔う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 酔わ | よわ | yowa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 酔い | よい | yoi |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 酔う | よう | you |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 酔う | よう | you |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 酔え | よえ | yoe |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 酔え | よえ | yoe |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 酔われる | よわれる | yowareru |
Causative | 酔わせる 酔わす |
よわせる よわす |
yowaseru yowasu |
Potential | 酔える | よえる | yoeru |
Volitional | 酔おう | よおう | yoō |
Negative | 酔わない | よわない | yowanai |
Negative continuative | 酔わず | よわず | yowazu |
Formal | 酔います | よいます | yoimasu |
Perfective | 酔った | よった | yotta |
Conjunctive | 酔って | よって | yotte |
Hypothetical conditional | 酔えば | よえば | yoeba |
Derived terms
[edit]Proverbs
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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酔 |
え Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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醉う (kyūjitai) |
Regular development of wepu. In the colloquial language, wepu developed into you, so eu is now only used in reading ancient texts.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- Synonym of 酔う (you, “to get drunk”)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "酔う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 酔わ | えわ | ewa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 酔い | えい | ei |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 酔う | えう | eu |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 酔う | えう | eu |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 酔え | ええ | ee |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 酔え | ええ | ee |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 酔われる | えわれる | ewareru |
Causative | 酔わせる 酔わす |
えわせる えわす |
ewaseru ewasu |
Potential | 酔える | ええる | eeru |
Volitional | 酔おう | えおう | eō |
Negative | 酔わない | えわない | ewanai |
Negative continuative | 酔わず | えわず | ewazu |
Formal | 酔います | えいます | eimasu |
Perfective | 酔った | えった | etta |
Conjunctive | 酔って | えって | ette |
Hypothetical conditional | 酔えば | ええば | eeba |
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 酔は | ゑは | wefa |
Continuative (連用形) | 酔ひ | ゑひ | wefi |
Terminal (終止形) | 酔ふ | ゑふ | wefu |
Attributive (連体形) | 酔ふ | ゑふ | wefu |
Realis (已然形) | 酔へ | ゑへ | wefe |
Imperative (命令形) | 酔へ | ゑへ | wefe |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 酔はず | ゑはず | wefazu |
Contrasting conjunction | 酔へど | ゑへど | wefedo |
Causal conjunction | 酔へば | ゑへば | wefeba |
Conditional conjunction | 酔はば | ゑはば | wefaba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 酔ひき | ゑひき | wefiki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 酔ひけり | ゑひけり | wefikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 酔ひつ | ゑひつ | wefitu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 酔ひぬ | ゑひぬ | wefinu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 酔へり 酔ひたり |
ゑへり ゑひたり |
weferi wefitari |
Volitional | 酔はむ | ゑはむ | wefamu |
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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