Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
おさ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(おさ)まる (osamaruをさまる (wosamaru)?intransitive godan (stem (おさ)まり (osamari), past (おさ)まった (osamatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 治める
mediopassive 治まる
  1. to cease; to calm down (of a disturbance, unrest, etc.)
    内乱(ないらん)(おさ)まる
    nairan ga osamaru
    The rebellion is to stop.
    (さわ)ぎが(おさ)まる
    sawagi ga osamaru
    The trouble is coming to an end.
    (かぜ)(おさ)まる
    kaze ga osamaru
    The wind is to stop.
    このままでは気持(きも)ちが(おさ)まらない
    kono mama de wa kimochi ga osamaranai
    My anger will not be appeased just by this.
  2. to be ruled; to be governed
    (くに)(おさ)まる
    kuni ga osamaru
    The country is under effective rule.
  3. to be alleviated (of a symptom)
    腹痛(ふくつう)(おさ)まる
    fukutsū ga osamaru
    The stomachache is relieving.
    せきが(おさ)まる
    seki ga osamaru
    The cough is being alleviated.

Conjugation 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN