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Japanese

がる

はれあがる
Meaning: to swell up; to become badly swollen
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Verb inflections
Form Affirmative Negative
Present 腫れ上がる 腫れ上がらない
Polite 腫れ上がります 腫れ上がりません
Past 腫れ上がった 腫れ上がらなかった
Polite + Past 腫れ上がりました 腫れ上がりませんでした
Te-form 腫れ上がって 腫れ上がらなくて
Potential 腫れ上がれる 腫れ上がれない
Passive 腫れ上がられる 腫れ上がられない
Causative 腫れ上がらせる 腫れ上がらせない
Causative + Passive 腫れ上がらされる 腫れ上がらされない
Imperative 腫れ上がれ 腫れ上がるな

Example

転んで打った膝が、夜にはひどく腫れ上がった。
The knee I hit when I fell was badly swollen by evening.

Usage Notes

An intransitive verb describing a body part or object becoming visibly and often severely swollen.

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