払う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
払
はら
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
拂う (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE, with the phonetic man’yōgana spelling 波羅賦.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "払う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 払う はら​う [hàráꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 払え はら​え [hàráꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 払われる はらわれ​る [hàráwáréꜜrù]
Causative 払わせる はらわせ​る [hàráwáséꜜrù]
Potential 払える はらえ​る [hàráéꜜrù]
Volitional 払おう はらお​ー [hàráóꜜò]
Negative 払わない はらわ​ない [hàráwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 払わなかった はらわ​なかった [hàráwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 払います はらいま​す [hàráímáꜜsù]
Perfective 払った はら​った [hàráꜜttà]
Conjunctive 払って はら​って [hàráꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 払えば はら​えば [hàráꜜèbà]

(western dialects or literary variant)

Verb

払(はら)う • (harau) ←はらふ (farafu)? transitive godan (stem 払(はら)い (harai), past 払(はら)った (haratta), kyūjitai 拂う)

  1. to drive away, to get rid of
    手(て)で蝿(はえ)を払(はら)う
    te de hae o harau
    to whisk flies off
    蜘蛛(くも)の巣(す)を払(はら)う
    kumo no su o harau
    to remove spiderwebs
    ほこりを払(はら)う
    hokori o harau
    to get rid of the dust
  2. to give away, to pay
    給料(きゅうりょう)を払(はら)う
    kyūryō o harau
    to pay salary
    犠牲(ぎせい)を払(はら)う
    gisei o harau
    to make a sacrifice
  3. to empty
    部屋(へや)を払(はら)う
    heya o harau
    to clear out the room
  4. (calligraphy) to write as a sweeping stroke to the bottom right (㇏)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "払う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 払わ はらわ harawa
Continuative (連用形) 払い はらい harai
Terminal (終止形) 払う はらう harau
Attributive (連体形) 払う はらう harau
Hypothetical (仮定形) 払え はらえ harae
Imperative (命令形) 払え はらえ harae
Key constructions
Passive 払われる はらわれる harawareru
Causative 払わせる
払わす		 はらわせる
はらわす		 harawaseru
harawasu
Potential 払える はらえる haraeru
Volitional 払おう はらおう haraō
Negative 払わない はらわない harawanai
Negative continuative 払わず はらわず harawazu
Formal 払います はらいます haraimasu
Perfective 払った はらった haratta
Conjunctive 払って はらって haratte
Hypothetical conditional 払えば はらえば haraeba

Coordinate terms

References
  1. “払・掃”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 720, Nihon Shoki (The Age of the Gods, part 1), text here (spelled in phonetic man'yōgana 波羅賦, pronounced parapu)
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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