Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "刺す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
刺す [sáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 刺せ [sáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 刺される され [sàsáréꜜrù]
Causative 刺させる させ [sàsáséꜜrù]
Potential 刺せる [sàséꜜrù]
Volitional 刺そう [sàsóꜜò]
Negative 刺さない ない [sàsáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 刺さなかった なかった [sàsáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 刺します しま [sàshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 刺した した [sáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 刺して して [sáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 刺せば せば [sáꜜsèbà]

Verb edit

() (sasutransitive godan (stem () (sashi), past ()した (sashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 刺す
mediopassive 刺さる
  1. pierce; stab; stick
  2. (of an insect) sting; bite
    ()さされた
    Ka ni sasareta.
    I was bitten by a mosquito.
  3. cause a sharp or stabbing sensation in (such as pain or smell)
  4. (baseball) tag out

Usage notes edit

  • In the sense "stab, thrust", the grammatical object can be either the target or the tool used.
    (ひと)ナイフ()
    hito o naifu de sasu
    to stab a person (object) with a knife
    ナイフ(ひと)()
    naifu o hito ni sasu
    to stab a knife (object) into a person

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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