くれる

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
呉れる (rare)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くれる [kùrérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "くれる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
くれる くれる [kùrérú]
Imperative (命令形) くれ くれ [kùré]
Key constructions
Passive - - -
Causative くれさせる くれさせる [kùrésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional くれよう くれよ​ー [kùréyóꜜò]
Negative くれない くれない [kùrénáí]
Negative perfective くれなかった くれな​かった [kùrénáꜜkàttà]
Formal くれます くれま​す [kùrémáꜜsù]
Perfective くれた くれた [kùrétá]
Conjunctive くれて くれて [kùrété]
Hypothetical conditional くれれば くれれ​ば [kùréréꜜbà]

Verb

くれる • (kureru) ichidan (stem くれ (kure), past くれた (kureta))

  1. to give to me, to us, or to someone close to me
    友(とも)達(だち)がC(シィー)D(ディー)をくれた。
    Tomodachi ga shīidī o kureta.
    My friend gave a CD to me.
  2. to do something for me, for us, or for someone close to me
    お皿(さら)を洗(あら)ってくれる。
    Osara o arattekureru.
    He washes the dishes for me.
Usage notes
  • The receiver is always the speaker or someone close to the speaker such as a family member.
Conjugation
Synonyms
See also

Wikibooks

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of くれる – see the following entry.
【暮れる】
[verb] (impersonal) to get dark, (for night) to fall
[verb] (for the season) to end
[verb] to be overwhelmed by an emotion, to be lost in thought
Alternative spellings
眩れる, 暗れる, 昏れる
(This term, くれる, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くれる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くれる.)

References

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