侮る

Japanese

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Possibly a shift from あなずる (anazuru) below.^[1]

侮(あなど)る • (anadoru) transitive godan (stem 侮(あなど)り (anadori), past 侮(あなど)った (anadotta))

belittle, underestimate, make light of
Synonyms: 舐める (nameru), みくびる (mikubiru)

Antonyms: 買い被る (kaikaburu, “to overestimate”), おそれる (osoreru, “to fear”)

子(こ)供(ども)を侮(あなど)るな。
Kodomo o anadoru na.
Don't make light of children.
condemn, despise, look down on
Synonyms: 蔑む (sagesumu), 見下す (mikudasu), 軽蔑する (keibetsu suru)

Antonym: 敬う (uyamayu, “to revere”)

Conjugation of "侮る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

侮(あなず)る • (anazuru) ^{←あなづる (anaduru)^?}transitive ^†yodan

Classical conjugation of "侮る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	侮ら	あなづら	anadura
Continuative (連用形)	侮り	あなづり	anaduri
Terminal (終止形)	侮る	あなづる	anaduru
Attributive (連体形)	侮る	あなづる	anaduru
Realis (已然形)	侮れ	あなづれ	anadure
Imperative (命令形)	侮れ	あなづれ	anadure
Key constructions
Negative	侮らず	あなづらず	anadurazu
Contrasting conjunction	侮れど	あなづれど	anaduredo
Causal conjunction	侮れば	あなづれば	anadureba
Conditional conjunction	侮らば	あなづらば	anaduraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	侮りき	あなづりき	anaduriki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	侮りけり	あなづりけり	anadurikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	侮りつ	あなづりつ	anaduritu
Perfect tense (natural event)	侮りぬ	あなづりぬ	anadurinu
Perfect-continuative tense	侮れり侮りたり	あなづれりあなづりたり	anadureri anaduritari
Volitional	侮らむ	あなづらむ	anaduramu

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN