憚る
はばかる · habakaru
To hesitate, to have scruples, to be afraid of what others may think
- to lord it over, to have great influence
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falls after mora 3 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 憚りますはばかります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 憚りませんはばかりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 憚りましたはばかりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 憚りませんでしたはばかりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 憚りましょうはばかりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 憚りはばかり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 憚りたいはばかりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 憚りながらはばかりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 憚ってはばかって |
| Plain past (た形) | 憚ったはばかった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 憚ったらはばかったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 憚っているはばかっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 憚らないはばからない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 憚らなかったはばからなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 憚らなくてはばからなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 憚れるはばかれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 憚ればはばかれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 憚れはばかれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 憚ろうはばかろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 憚られるはばかられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 憚らせるはばからせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 憚らされるはばからされる |
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What does 憚る mean?
To hesitate, to have scruples, to be afraid of what others may think. It can also mean: to lord it over, to have great influence.
How do you pronounce 憚る?
はばかる (habakaru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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