ほり
hori
JLPT N2 verb 連用形
ほり is the masu-stem of ほる — to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss.
- to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished
- to expel (from the body), to excrete, to defecate, to give birth
How it’s built
ほる
ほり
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
ほる is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of ほる. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of ほる
| Polite (ます形) | ほります |
| Polite negative (ません) | ほりません |
| Polite past (ました) | ほりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | ほりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | ほりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) ← this one | ほり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | ほりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | ほりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | ほって |
| Plain past (た形) | ほった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | ほったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | ほっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | ほらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | ほらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | ほらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | ほれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | ほれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | ほれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | ほろう |
| Passive (受身形) | ほられる |
| Causative (使役形) | ほらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | ほらされる |
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In real sentences
ドライヤーで乾かすと、ボリュームが出やすくなります。
どらいやーでかわかすと、ぼりゅーむがでやすくなります。
If you dry with a hairdryer, you'll get more volume.
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Other forms and spellings
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