Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
さす
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
擦る

Compound of (sa) +‎ 擦る (suru, to rub).[1][2] The sa element is unclear.

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "擦る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
擦る する [sàsúrú]
Imperative (命令形) 擦れ すれ [sàsúré]
Key constructions
Passive 擦られる すられる [sàsúrárérú]
Causative 擦らせる すらせる [sàsúrásérú]
Potential 擦れる すれる [sàsúrérú]
Volitional 擦ろう すろ [sàsúróꜜò]
Negative 擦らない すらない [sàsúránáí]
Negative perfective 擦らなかった すらなかった [sàsúránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 擦ります すりま [sàsúrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 擦った すった [sàsúttá]
Conjunctive 擦って すって [sàsútté]
Hypothetical conditional 擦れば すれ [sàsúréꜜbà]

Verb edit

(さす) (sasurutransitive godan (stem (さす) (sasuri), past (さす)った (sasutta))

  1. rub a part of the body to alleviate pain etc.
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

() (surutransitive ichidan (stem () (su), past () (suta))

Japanese verb pair
active 摩る
mediopassive 摩れる
For pronunciation and definitions of 摩る – see the following entry.
[verb] [from 720] rub, scrub
[verb] strike a match
[verb] lose at gambling
Alternative spellings
磨る, 擂る
(This term, 摩る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 摩・擦”, 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 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN