くちる

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
朽ちる

Etymology

From earlier upper bigrade verb くつ (kutsu).

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru. For the Old / Classical form, see the くつ entry.

Pronunciation

Verb

Japanese verb pair
active くちる
mediopassive くたす

くちる • (kuchiru) intransitive ichidan (stem くち (kuchi), past くちた (kuchita))

  1. to rot, decay
  2. (figurative) to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of "くちる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") くち kuchi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") くち kuchi
Shūshikei ("terminal") くちる kuchiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") くちる kuchiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") くちれ kuchire
Meireikei ("imperative") くちよ¹
くちろ² 		kuchiyo¹
kuchiro²
Key constructions
Passive くちられる kuchirareru
Causative くちさせる
くちさす 		kuchisaseru
kuchisasu
Potential くちられる
くちれる³ 		kuchirareru
kuchireru³
Volitional くちよう kuchiyō
Negative くちない
くちぬ
くちん 		kuchinai
kuchinu
kuchin
Negative continuative くちず kuchizu
Formal くちます kuchimasu
Perfective くちた kuchita
Conjunctive くちて kuchite
Hypothetical conditional くちれば kuchireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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