口付ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
口	付
くち Grade: 1	つ > づ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
口づける

Etymology

First appears in the early 1200s, as a compound of 口 (kuchi, “mouth; an expression, a way of saying something”) +‎ 付ける (tsukeru, “to stick something onto something else; to set something”). The tsukeru changes to zukeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Reappears in 1956, reanalyzed as a compound of 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) +‎ 付ける (tsukeru, “to stick something onto something else”), from a literal description of the act of pressing one's lips onto someone else.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕizɨᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

口(くち)付(づ)ける • (kuchizukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 口(くち)付(づ)け (kuchizuke), past 口(くち)付(づ)けた (kuchizuketa))

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) to make something into a saying or set expression

   Synonym: 言い慣らす (iinarasu)

2. (rare) to kiss

   Synonyms: (more formal) 接吻する (seppun suru), (more common) 口付けする (kuchizuke suru), (more common) キスする (kisu suru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "口付ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	口付け	くちづけ	kuchizuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	口付け	くちづけ	kuchizuke
Shūshikei ("terminal")	口付ける	くちづける	kuchizukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	口付ける	くちづける	kuchizukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	口付けれ	くちづけれ	kuchizukere
Meireikei ("imperative")	口付けよ¹ 口付けろ²	くちづけよ¹ くちづけろ²	kuchizukeyo¹ kuchizukero²
Key constructions
Passive	口付けられる	くちづけられる	kuchizukerareru
Causative	口付けさせる 口付けさす	くちづけさせる くちづけさす	kuchizukesaseru kuchizukesasu
Potential	口付けられる 口付けれる³	くちづけられる くちづけれる³	kuchizukerareru kuchizukereru³
Volitional	口付けよう	くちづけよう	kuchizukeyō
Negative	口付けない 口付けぬ 口付けん	くちづけない くちづけぬ くちづけん	kuchizukenai kuchizukenu kuchizuken
Negative continuative	口付けず	くちづけず	kuchizukezu
Formal	口付けます	くちづけます	kuchizukemasu
Perfective	口付けた	くちづけた	kuchizuketa
Conjunctive	口付けて	くちづけて	kuchizukete
Hypothetical conditional	口付ければ	くちづければ	kuchizukereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential