くすむ

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Japanese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

くすむ • (kusumu) ←くすむ (kusumu)?godan (stem くすみ (kusumi), past くすんだ (kusunda))

  1. to darken (in color)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "くすむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") くすま kusuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") くすみ kusumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") くすむ kusumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") くすむ kusumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") くすめ kusume
Meireikei ("imperative") くすめ kusume
Key constructions
Passive くすまれる kusumareru
Causative くすませる
くすます 		kusumaseru
kusumasu
Potential くすめる kusumeru
Volitional くすもう kusumō
Negative くすまない kusumanai
Negative continuative くすまず kusumazu
Formal くすみます kusumimasu
Perfective くすんだ kusunda
Conjunctive くすんで kusunde
Hypothetical conditional くすめば kusumeba

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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