掘れる

Japanese

掘(ほ)れる • (horeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 掘(ほ)れ (hore), past 掘(ほ)れた (horeta))

Japanese verb pair
active	掘る
mediopassive	掘れる

(of ground) to have holes, cavities or hollows
雨(あま)垂(だ)れで軒下(のきした)の地面(じめん)が掘(ほ)れる
amadare de nokishita no jimen ga horeru
The ground was made hollow by eavesdrops.
(of something once buried) to come out of ground
根(ね)が掘(ほ)れる
ne ga horeru
These roots are not covered by earth.

Conjugation of "掘れる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	掘れ	ほ	ho
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	掘れ	ほ	ho
Shūshikei ("terminal")	掘れる	ほる	horu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	掘れる	ほる	horu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	掘れれ	ほれ	hore
Meireikei ("imperative")	掘れよ¹ 掘れろ²	ほよ¹ ほろ²	hoyo¹ horo²
Key constructions
Passive	掘れられる	ほられる	horareru
Causative	掘れさせる掘れさす	ほさせるほさす	hosaseru hosasu
Potential	掘れられる掘れれる³	ほられるほれる³	horareru horeru³
Volitional	掘れよう	ほよう	hoyō
Negative	掘れない掘れぬ掘れん	ほないほぬほん	honai honu hon
Negative continuative	掘れず	ほず	hozu
Formal	掘れます	ほます	homasu
Perfective	掘れた	ほた	hota
Conjunctive	掘れて	ほて	hote
Hypothetical conditional	掘れれば	ほれば	horeba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Classical conjugation of "掘る" (ラ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	掘れ	ほれ	fore
Continuative (連用形)	掘れ	ほれ	fore
Terminal (終止形)	掘る	ほる	foru
Attributive (連体形)	掘るる	ほるる	foruru
Realis (已然形)	掘るれ	ほるれ	forure
Imperative (命令形)	掘れよ	ほれよ	foreyo
Key constructions
Negative	掘れず	ほれず	forezu
Contrasting conjunction	掘るれど	ほるれど	foruredo
Causal conjunction	掘るれば	ほるれば	forureba
Conditional conjunction	掘れば	ほれば	foreba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	掘れき	ほれき	foreki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	掘れけり	ほれけり	forekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	掘れつ	ほれつ	foretu
Perfect tense (natural event)	掘れぬ	ほれぬ	forenu
Perfect-continuative tense	掘れたり	ほれたり	foretari
Volitional	掘れむ	ほれむ	foremu