Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
つぶ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝbɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "潰す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
潰す ぶす [tsùbúsú]
Imperative (命令形) 潰せ ぶせ [tsùbúsé]
Key constructions
Passive 潰される ぶされる [tsùbúsárérú]
Causative 潰させる ぶさせる [tsùbúsásérú]
Potential 潰せる ぶせる [tsùbúsérú]
Volitional 潰そう ぶそ [tsùbúsóꜜò]
Negative 潰さない ぶさない [tsùbúsánáí]
Negative perfective 潰さなかった ぶさなかった [tsùbúsánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 潰します ぶしま [tsùbúshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 潰した ぶした [tsùbúshítá]
Conjunctive 潰して ぶして [tsùbúshíté]
Hypothetical conditional 潰せば ぶせ [tsùbúséꜜbà]

Verb edit

(つぶ) (tsubusutransitive godan (stem (つぶ) (tsubushi), past (つぶ)した (tsubushita))

Japanese verb pair
active 潰す
mediopassive 潰れる
  1. to smash, to crush, to break
    玩具(がんぐ)(つぶ)
    gangu o tsubusu
    crush a toy
  2. to ruin; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to pull down
    (あば)()(つぶ)
    abaraya o tsubusu
    demolish an uninhabited house
    協定(きょうてい)(つぶ)
    kyōtei o tsubusu
    wreck a pact
  3. to ruin; drive into bankruptcy
    (みせ)(つぶ)
    mise o tsubusu
    ruin a store
  4. to slaughter
    (とり)(つぶ)
    tori o tsubusu
    slaughter a chicken

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