Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
むす
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "結ぶ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
結ぶ すぶ [mùsúbú]
Imperative (命令形) 結べ すべ [mùsúbé]
Key constructions
Passive 結ばれる すばれる [mùsúbárérú]
Causative 結ばせる すばせる [mùsúbásérú]
Potential 結べる すべる [mùsúbérú]
Volitional 結ぼう すぼ [mùsúbóꜜò]
Negative 結ばない すばない [mùsúbánáí]
Negative perfective 結ばなかった すばなかった [mùsúbánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 結びます すびま [mùsúbímáꜜsù]
Perfective 結んだ すんだ [mùsúńdá]
Conjunctive 結んで すんで [mùsúńdé]
Hypothetical conditional 結べば すべ [mùsúbéꜜbà]

Verb edit

(むす) (musubutransitive godan (stem (むす) (musubi), past (むす)んだ (musunda))

  1. tie (a string, rope, sash, etc.)
  2. connect
  3. be bound (by love, friendship, etc.)
  4. enter a contract, form an alliance
  5. wrap up, wind up
  6. conclude, end

Conjugation edit

Antonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN