| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 口 | 付 |
| くち Grade: 1 |
つ > づ Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 口づける |
First appears in the early 1200s, as a compound of 口 (kuchi, “mouth; an expression, a way of saying something”) + 付ける (tsukeru, “to stick something onto something else; to set something”).[1] The tsukeru changes to zukeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Reappears in 1956, reanalyzed as a compound of 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) + 付ける (tsukeru, “to stick something onto something else”),[1] from a literal description of the act of pressing one's lips onto someone else.
口付ける • (kuchizukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 口付け (kuchizuke), past 口付けた (kuchizuketa))
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 口付け | くちづけ | kuchizuke | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 口付け | くちづけ | kuchizuke | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 口付ける | くちづける | kuchizukeru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 口付ける | くちづける | kuchizukeru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 口付けれ | くちづけれ | kuchizukere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 口付けよ¹ 口付けろ² |
くちづけよ¹ くちづけろ² |
kuchizukeyo¹ kuchizukero² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 口付けられる | くちづけられる | kuchizukerareru | |
| Causative | 口付けさせる 口付けさす |
くちづけさせる くちづけさす |
kuchizukesaseru kuchizukesasu | |
| Potential | 口付けられる 口付けれる³ |
くちづけられる くちづけれる³ |
kuchizukerareru kuchizukereru³ | |
| Volitional | 口付けよう | くちづけよう | kuchizukeyō | |
| Negative | 口付けない 口付けぬ 口付けん |
くちづけない くちづけぬ くちづけん |
kuchizukenai kuchizukenu kuchizuken | |
| Negative continuative | 口付けず | くちづけず | kuchizukezu | |
| Formal | 口付けます | くちづけます | kuchizukemasu | |
| Perfective | 口付けた | くちづけた | kuchizuketa | |
| Conjunctive | 口付けて | くちづけて | kuchizukete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 口付ければ | くちづければ | kuchizukereba | |
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