Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うずくま
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
踞る

Etymology edit

The うず(uzu) element is also found in (うず)() (uzui).[1][2]

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(うずくま) (uzukumaruintransitive godan (stem (うずくま) (uzukumari), past (うずくま)った (uzukumatta))

  1. crouch
  2. squat

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 蹲る”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN