可愛がる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
可 愛
か
Grade: 5
あい > わい
Grade: 4
on’yomi irregular

Etymology

Derived as compound of 可愛い (kawaii, “cute, adorable”) +‎ がる (-garu, “feeling or thinking that way”, suffix applied to nouns and adjective stems to create a verb).[1][2]

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) かわいが​る [kàwáígáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][3]
    • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠iɡa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
    • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "可愛がる"
    Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
    Stem forms
    Terminal (終止形)
    Attributive (連体形)
    可愛がる かわいが​る [kàwáígáꜜrù]
    Imperative (命令形) 可愛がれ かわいが​れ [kàwáígáꜜrè]
    Key constructions
    Passive 可愛がられる かわいがられ​る [kàwáígáráréꜜrù]
    Causative 可愛がらせる かわいがらせ​る [kàwáígáráséꜜrù]
    Potential 可愛がれる かわいがれ​る [kàwáígáréꜜrù]
    Volitional 可愛がろう かわいがろ​ー [kàwáígáróꜜò]
    Negative 可愛がらない かわいがら​ない [kàwáígáráꜜnàì]
    Negative perfective 可愛がらなかった かわいがら​なかった [kàwáígáráꜜnàkàttà]
    Formal 可愛がります かわいがりま​す [kàwáígárímáꜜsù]
    Perfective 可愛がった かわいが​った [kàwáígáꜜttà]
    Conjunctive 可愛がって かわいが​って [kàwáígáꜜttè]
    Hypothetical conditional 可愛がれば かわいが​れば [kàwáígáꜜrèbà]

    Verb

    可(か)愛(わい)がる • (kawaigaru) ←かはいがる (kafaigaru)?godan (stem 可(か)愛(わい)がり (kawaigari), past 可(か)愛(わい)がった (kawaigatta))

    1. to adore, to be sweet on
    2. (ironically, from the idea of giving special attention to) to persistently bother or annoy someone, to be a noodge to someone
    3. (ironically, from the idea of giving special attention to) to bully someone, to beat someone
    4. (ironically, from the idea of giving special attention to) to train someone very strenuously

    Conjugation

    References

    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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