口直し

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
口 直
くち
Grade: 1 		なお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

口(くち)直(なお)し • (kuchinaoshi) 

  1. palate cleanser, intermezzo

Verb

口(くち)直(なお)しする • (kuchinaoshi suru) suru (stem 口(くち)直(なお)しし (kuchinaoshi shi), past 口(くち)直(なお)しした (kuchinaoshi shita))

  1. to remove a bad taste (from one's mouth), to cleanse one's palate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "口直しする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 口直しし くちなおしし kuchinaoshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 口直しし くちなおしし kuchinaoshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 口直しする くちなおしする kuchinaoshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 口直しする くちなおしする kuchinaoshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 口直しすれ くちなおしすれ kuchinaoshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 口直しせよ¹
口直ししろ² 		くちなおしせよ¹
くちなおししろ² 		kuchinaoshi seyo¹
kuchinaoshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 口直しされる くちなおしされる kuchinaoshi sareru
Causative 口直しさせる
口直しさす 		くちなおしさせる
くちなおしさす 		kuchinaoshi saseru
kuchinaoshi sasu
Potential 口直しできる くちなおしできる kuchinaoshi dekiru
Volitional 口直ししよう くちなおししよう kuchinaoshi shiyō
Negative 口直ししない くちなおししない kuchinaoshi shinai
Negative continuative 口直しせず くちなおしせず kuchinaoshi sezu
Formal 口直しします くちなおしします kuchinaoshi shimasu
Perfective 口直しした くちなおしした kuchinaoshi shita
Conjunctive 口直しして くちなおしして kuchinaoshi shite
Hypothetical conditional 口直しすれば くちなおしすれば kuchinaoshi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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