授かる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さず
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ずか [sàzúkáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠zɨka̠ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(さず)かる • (sazukaruさづかる (sadukaru)?transitive or intransitive godan (stem (さず)かり (sazukari), past (さず)かった (sazukatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 授ける
mediopassive 授かる
  1. to be given something of great value/a treasure, by deities or someone of higher social class
    秘伝(ひでん)(さずか)
    hiden o sazukaru
    to be taught a secret tradition
    ()(だから)(さずか)
    kodakara o sazukaru
    to be given a child (by deities)

Conjugation

References

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