Japanese

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Kanji in this term
くさ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Cognate with (くそ) (kuso) and (くさ) (kusai).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "腐る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
腐る [kùsáꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 腐れ [kùsáꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 腐られる さられ [kùsáráréꜜrù]
Causative 腐らせる さらせ [kùsáráséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 腐ろう さろ [kùsáróꜜò]
Negative 腐らない さらない [kùsáráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 腐らなかった さらなかった [kùsáráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 腐ります さりま [kùsárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 腐った った [kùsáꜜttà]
Conjunctive 腐って って [kùsáꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 腐れば れば [kùsáꜜrèbà]

Verb

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(くさ) (kusaruintransitive godan (stem (くさ) (kusari), past (くさ)った (kusatta))

  1. rot
  2. spoil
  3. corrode
  4. be corrupt, degenerate
  5. be dejected
  6. (figurative, business) of inventory, to not move
    在庫(ざいこ)(くさ)
    zaiko ga kusaru
    inventory is not moving

Conjugation

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  3. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN