くたばる

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Japanese

Etymology

Cognate with くたくた (kutakuta). The くた (kuta) in くたばる is cognate with that in (くた) (kutatsu), as well as with (くた) (kutasu) and its intransitive counterpart くちる (kuchiru).

Pronunciation

Verb

くたばる (kutabaruintransitive godan (stem くたばり (kutabari), past くたばった (kutabatta))

  1. to wear oneself out; to become exhausted
    Synonym: 疲れる (tsukareru)
  2. (vulgar, usually imperative) to die, to drop dead
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:死ぬ

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 くたばる”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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