痩せる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
痩
や Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
瘦せる (kyūjitai)

Verb

痩(や)せる • (yaseru) intransitive ichidan (stem 痩(や)せ (yase), past 痩(や)せた (yaseta))

1. to lose weight
   • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:

     四(よん)五(ご)日(にち)経(た)つともうすっかり痩(や)せてしまった。

     Yon go nichi tatsu to mō sukkari yasete shimatta.

     He'd completely wasted away after only four or five days.

2. for fertile land to become barren

Conjugation

Conjugation of "痩せる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	痩せ	やせ	yase
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	痩せ	やせ	yase
Shūshikei ("terminal")	痩せる	やせる	yaseru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	痩せる	やせる	yaseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	痩せれ	やせれ	yasere
Meireikei ("imperative")	痩せよ¹ 痩せろ²	やせよ¹ やせろ²	yaseyo¹ yasero²
Key constructions
Passive	痩せられる	やせられる	yaserareru
Causative	痩せさせる 痩せさす	やせさせる やせさす	yasesaseru yasesasu
Potential	痩せられる 痩せれる³	やせられる やせれる³	yaserareru yasereru³
Volitional	痩せよう	やせよう	yaseyō
Negative	痩せない 痩せぬ 痩せん	やせない やせぬ やせん	yasenai yasenu yasen
Negative continuative	痩せず	やせず	yasezu
Formal	痩せます	やせます	yasemasu
Perfective	痩せた	やせた	yaseta
Conjunctive	痩せて	やせて	yasete
Hypothetical conditional	痩せれば	やせれば	yasereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “lose weight”): 太(ふと)る (futoru), 肥(こ)える (koeru)
• (antonym(s) of “become barren”): 肥(こ)える (koeru)

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN