わかす

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
湧かす
涌かす
沸かす
鎔かす

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「沸かす」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		沸かす わかす
Imperative (命令形) 沸かせ わかせ
Key constructions
Passive 沸かされる わかされる
Causative 沸かさせる わかさせる
Potential 沸かせる わかせる
Volitional 沸かそう わかそー
Negative 沸かさない わかさない
Negative perfective 沸かさなかった わかさなかった
Formal 沸かします わかします
Perfective 沸かした わかした
Conjunctive 沸かして わかして
Hypothetical conditional 沸かせば わかせば

Verb

わかす • (wakasu) transitive godan (stem わかし (wakashi), past わかした (wakashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 湧かす
mediopassive 湧く
Japanese verb pair
active 沸かす
mediopassive 沸く
  1. 湧かす: to have pests grow unintentionally (e.g due to neglect)
    うじを湧(わ)かす
    uji o wakasu
    to let maggots grow
  2. 湧かす: to let out tears or sweat
    • 1913, Natsume Sōseki, The Wayfarer
      額(ひたい)から油(あぶら)汗(あせ)をじりじり湧(わ)かした
      Hitai kara aburaase o jirijiri wakashita
      Sweat exuded from the forehead.
  3. 沸かす: to boil water
  4. 沸かす: to excite
  5. 沸かす, 鎔かす: to melt metal

Conjugation

Conjugation of "わかす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") わかさ wakasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") わかし wakashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") わかす wakasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") わかす wakasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") わかせ wakase
Meireikei ("imperative") わかせ wakase
Key constructions
Passive わかされる wakasareru
Causative わかさせる
わかさす 		wakasaseru
wakasasu
Potential わかせる wakaseru
Volitional わかそう wakasō
Negative わかさない wakasanai
Negative continuative わかさず wakasazu
Formal わかします wakashimasu
Perfective わかした wakashita
Conjunctive わかして wakashite
Hypothetical conditional わかせば wakaseba
Classical conjugation of "わかす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) わかさ wakasa
Continuative (連用形) わかし wakasi
Terminal (終止形) わかす wakasu
Attributive (連体形) わかす wakasu
Realis (已然形) わかせ wakase
Imperative (命令形) わかせ wakase
Key constructions
Negative わかさず wakasazu
Contrasting conjunction わかせど wakasedo
Causal conjunction わかせば wakaseba
Conditional conjunction わかさば wakasaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) わかしき wakasiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) わかしけり wakasikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) わかしつ wakasitu
Perfect tense (natural event) わかしぬ wakasinu
Perfect-continuative tense わかせり
わかしたり		 wakaseri
wakasitari
Volitional わかさむ wakasamu

References

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