呷る
あおる · aoru
To gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.), to quaff, to down
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 呷りますあおります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 呷りませんあおりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 呷りましたあおりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 呷りませんでしたあおりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 呷りましょうあおりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 呷りあおり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 呷りたいあおりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 呷りながらあおりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 呷ってあおって |
| Plain past (た形) | 呷ったあおった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 呷ったらあおったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 呷っているあおっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 呷らないあおらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 呷らなかったあおらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 呷らなくてあおらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 呷れるあおれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 呷ればあおれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 呷れあおれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 呷ろうあおろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 呷られるあおられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 呷らせるあおらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 呷らされるあおらされる |
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Questions
What does 呷る mean?
To gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.), to quaff, to down.
How do you pronounce 呷る?
あおる (aoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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