強がる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つよ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (tsuyo, strong) +‎ がる (-garu, to pretend)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よが [tsùyógáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨjo̞ɡa̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(つよ)がる • (tsuyogaruintransitive godan (stem (つよ)がり (tsuyogari), past (つよ)がった (tsuyogatta))

  1. to pretend to be tough, to bluff

Conjugation

References

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