Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
よご
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "汚す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
汚す ごす [yògósú]
Imperative (命令形) 汚せ ごせ [yògósé]
Key constructions
Passive 汚される ごされる [yògósárérú]
Causative 汚させる ごさせる [yògósásérú]
Potential 汚せる ごせる [yògósérú]
Volitional 汚そう ごそ [yògósóꜜò]
Negative 汚さない ごさない [yògósánáí]
Negative perfective 汚さなかった ごさなかった [yògósánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 汚します ごしま [yògóshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 汚した ごした [yògóshítá]
Conjunctive 汚して ごして [yògóshíté]
Hypothetical conditional 汚せば ごせ [yògóséꜜbà]

Verb edit

(よご) (yogosutransitive godan (stem (よご) (yogoshi), past (よご)した (yogoshita))

Japanese verb pair
active (よご) ((よご))
mediopassive (よご)れる ((よご)れる)
  1. pollute, contaminate, make dirty, stain
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
けが
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
穢す

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(けが) (kegasutransitive godan (stem (けが) (kegashi), past (けが)した (kegashita))

Japanese verb pair
active (けが) ((けが))
mediopassive (けが)れる ((けが)れる)
  1. defile, dishonor, profane
  2. soil one's name
  3. defile a woman's honor
Conjugation edit
See also edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN