"亡くなる" meaning in Japanese

See 亡くなる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [na̠kɯ̟ na̠ɾɯ̟]
Etymology: The adverbial -く (-ku) form of adjective 無い (nai, “not, missing, not present”) + verb なる (naru, “to become”): literally, "to become not, to become nonexistent". The 亡 spelling of the na- root of nai and naku naru is reserved for the meaning of "dead, gone". Cognate with 無(な)くなる (naku naru). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|無くなる|なく なる}} 無(な)くなる (naku naru) Head templates: {{ja-verb|なく なる|tr=intrans|type=1}} 亡(な)くなる • (naku naru) intransitive godan (stem 亡(な)くなり (naku nari), past 亡(な)くなった (naku natta)) Forms: 亡くなる [canonical] (ruby: ()), naku naru [romanization], 亡くなり [stem] (ruby: ()), 亡くなった [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 亡くなら [error-unrecognized-form], なくなら [error-unrecognized-form], naku nara [error-unrecognized-form], 亡くなり [error-unrecognized-form], なくなり [error-unrecognized-form], naku nari [error-unrecognized-form], 亡くなる [error-unrecognized-form], なくなる [error-unrecognized-form], naku naru [error-unrecognized-form], 亡くなれ [error-unrecognized-form], なくなれ [error-unrecognized-form], naku nare [error-unrecognized-form], 亡くなられる [passive], なくなられる [passive], naku narareru [passive], 亡くならせる [causative], 亡くならす [causative], なくならせる [causative], なくならす [causative], naku naraseru [causative], naku narasu [causative], 亡くなれる [potential], なくなれる [potential], naku nareru [potential], 亡くなろう [volitional], なくなろう [volitional], naku narō [volitional], 亡くならない [negative], なくならない [negative], naku naranai [negative], 亡くならず [continuative, negative], なくならず [continuative, negative], naku narazu [continuative, negative], 亡くなります [formal], なくなります [formal], naku narimasu [formal], 亡くなった [perfective], なくなった [perfective], naku natta [perfective], 亡くなって [conjunctive], なくなって [conjunctive], naku natte [conjunctive], 亡くなれば [conditional, hypothetical], なくなれば [conditional, hypothetical], naku nareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. (polite) to die Wikipedia link: Daijirin Tags: polite Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: 死ぬ
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      "form": "亡くなれ",
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      "form": "亡くならせる",
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      "form": "亡くならす",
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      "form": "なくならせる",
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    },
    {
      "form": "なくならす",
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    },
    {
      "form": "naku naraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "naku narasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "naku narō",
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      "form": "亡くならない",
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      "form": "なくならない",
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      "form": "naku naranai",
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      "form": "亡くならず",
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      "form": "なくならず",
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      "form": "naku narazu",
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    },
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      "form": "亡くなります",
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      ]
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      "form": "なくなります",
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      ]
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      "form": "naku narimasu",
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      "form": "亡くなった",
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      "form": "naku natta",
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      "form": "亡くなって",
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      "form": "なくなって",
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      "form": "naku natte",
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      "form": "亡くなれば",
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      "other": "なくなる"
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      "ipa": "[na̠kɯ̟ na̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
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      "form": "なくならせる",
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      "form": "亡くなれる",
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      "form": "なくならない",
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      "form": "naku naranai",
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      "form": "亡くならず",
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      "form": "なくなります",
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      "form": "naku narimasu",
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      "form": "亡くなった",
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    {
      "form": "なくなった",
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      "form": "亡くなって",
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    {
      "form": "なくなって",
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        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "naku natte",
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      "form": "亡くなれば",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(polite) to die"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Daijirin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "なくなる"
    },
    {
      "other": "なくなる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[na̠kɯ̟ na̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "死ぬ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "亡くなる"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 亡くなる meaning in Japanese (5.7kB)

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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "亡くなる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "亡くなる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "亡くなる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "亡くなる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "亡くなる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "亡くなる",
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}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "亡くなる",
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}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  "title": "亡くなる",
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}

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