陰る
かげる · kageru
To become clouded, to darken, to get dark, to become hidden (behind clouds)
- to darken (of a face)
- to worsen, to deteriorate, to become gloomy
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 陰りますかげります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 陰りませんかげりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 陰りましたかげりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 陰りませんでしたかげりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 陰りましょうかげりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 陰りかげり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 陰りたいかげりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 陰りながらかげりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 陰ってかげって |
| Plain past (た形) | 陰ったかげった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 陰ったらかげったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 陰っているかげっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 陰らないかげらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 陰らなかったかげらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 陰らなくてかげらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 陰れるかげれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 陰ればかげれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 陰れかげれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 陰ろうかげろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 陰られるかげられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 陰らせるかげらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 陰らされるかげらされる |
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What does 陰る mean?
To become clouded, to darken, to get dark, to become hidden (behind clouds). It can also mean: to darken (of a face); to worsen, to deteriorate, to become gloomy.
How do you pronounce 陰る?
かげる (kageru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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