競る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
競
せ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
糶る

Pronunciation

Verb

競(せ)る • (seru) transitive godan (stem 競(せ)り (seri), past 競(せ)った (setta))

  1. to compete (against someone)
    Synonym: 競う (kisou)
  2. to bid in an auction, offer a higher price
  3. to offer for sale, to peddle, hawk
    Synonym: 行商する (gyōshō suru)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "競る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 競ら せら sera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 競り せり seri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 競る せる seru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 競る せる seru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 競れ せれ sere
Meireikei ("imperative") 競れ せれ sere
Key constructions
Passive 競られる せられる serareru
Causative 競らせる
競らす		 せらせる
せらす		 seraseru
serasu
Potential 競れる せれる sereru
Volitional 競ろう せろう serō
Negative 競らない せらない seranai
Negative continuative 競らず せらず serazu
Formal 競ります せります serimasu
Perfective 競った せった setta
Conjunctive 競って せって sette
Hypothetical conditional 競れば せれば sereba
Classical conjugation of "競る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 競らせらsera
Continuative (連用形) 競りせりseri
Terminal (終止形) 競るせるseru
Attributive (連体形) 競るせるseru
Realis (已然形) 競れせれsere
Imperative (命令形) 競れせれsere
Key constructions
Negative 競らずせらずserazu
Contrasting conjunction 競れどせれどseredo
Causal conjunction 競ればせればsereba
Conditional conjunction 競らばせらばseraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 競りきせりきseriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 競りけりせりけりserikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 競りつせりつseritu
Perfect tense (natural event) 競りぬせりぬserinu
Perfect-continuative tense 競れり
競りたり		せれり
せりたり		sereri
seritari
Volitional 競らむせらむseramu

Derived terms

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