鴨る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
鴨
かも
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Derived from noun 鴨 (kamo, “duck”), from the slang sense of “a mark or easy target for a swindle, someone who is likely to lose at gambling or other competition”, from the way that ducks return to the same place and are thus easy to hunt.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

鴨(かも)る • (kamoru) transitive godan (stem 鴨(かも)り (kamori), past 鴨(かも)った (kamotta))

  1. “to make a duck of someone”: to skillfully or cunningly beat out an opponent, such as in gambling or a swindle; compare English to make a monkey out of, to shark someone
    トランプでも麻雀(マージャン)でも鴨(かも)られちゃった。
    Toranpu demo mājan demo kamorarechatta.
    I was soundly beaten / taken in / sharked in both cards and mahjong.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "鴨る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 鴨ら かもら kamora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 鴨り かもり kamori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 鴨る かもる kamoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 鴨る かもる kamoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 鴨れ かもれ kamore
Meireikei ("imperative") 鴨れ かもれ kamore
Key constructions
Passive 鴨られる かもられる kamorareru
Causative 鴨らせる
鴨らす		 かもらせる
かもらす		 kamoraseru
kamorasu
Potential 鴨れる かもれる kamoreru
Volitional 鴨ろう かもろう kamorō
Negative 鴨らない かもらない kamoranai
Negative continuative 鴨らず かもらず kamorazu
Formal 鴨ります かもります kamorimasu
Perfective 鴨った かもった kamotta
Conjunctive 鴨って かもって kamotte
Hypothetical conditional 鴨れば かもれば kamoreba

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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