よぎる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
過る

Etymology

Sound shift from よきる (yokiru) in the Kamakura period.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [yògíꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ɡʲiɾɯ̟]

Verb

よぎる • (yogiruよぎる (yogiru)?godan (stem よぎり (yogiri), past よぎった (yogitta))

  1. to pass by
  2. to stop by, to pay a visit somewhere halfway
  3. to avoid

Conjugation

References

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