下す

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
くだ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
降す

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「下す
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
下す だす
Imperative (命令形) 下せ だせ
Key constructions
Passive 下される だされる
Causative 下させる ださせる
Potential 下せる だせる
Volitional 下そう だそ
Negative 下さない ださない
Negative perfective 下さなかった ださなかった
Formal 下します だしま
Perfective 下した だした
Conjunctive 下して だして
Hypothetical conditional 下せば だせ

Verb

(くだ) (kudasutransitive godan (stem (くだ) (kudashi), past (くだ)した (kudashita))

Japanese verb pair
active (くだ)
mediopassive (くだ)
  1. pass judgement, conclude, rule
  2. issue an order
  3. do for oneself
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
お(ろ)
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Verb

(おろ) (orosu

  1. Alternative form of 下ろす

References

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