籠もる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
籠
こ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
籠る (dated)
隠る (dated)
篭る
篭もる

Etymology

⟨ko2mo2ru⟩ → */kəməru/ → /komoru/

From Old Japanese 隠る (ko2mo2ru).

The stem kom- relates to “fill, filling”, therefore likely cognate with 込む (komu, “to be crowded, be packed”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こも​る [kòmóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞mo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "籠もる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
籠もる こも​る [kòmóꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 籠もれ こも​れ [kòmóꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 籠もられる こもられ​る [kòmóráréꜜrù]
Causative 籠もらせる こもらせ​る [kòmóráséꜜrù]
Potential 籠もれる こもれ​る [kòmóréꜜrù]
Volitional 籠もろう こもろ​ー [kòmóróꜜò]
Negative 籠もらない こもら​ない [kòmóráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 籠もらなかった こもら​なかった [kòmóráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 籠もります こもりま​す [kòmórímáꜜsù]
Perfective 籠もった こも​った [kòmóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 籠もって こも​って [kòmóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 籠もれば こも​れば [kòmóꜜrèbà]

Verb

籠(こ)もる • (komoru) intransitive godan (stem 籠(こ)もり (komori), past 籠(こ)もった (komotta))

  1. to seclude oneself
  2. to be filled with...
  3. to be stuffy, to be muffled

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 籠(こ)もり (komori)
  • 引(ひ)き籠(こ)もる (hikikomoru)

References

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