揺さぶる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
揺
ゆ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
搖さぶる (kyūjitai)
揺さ振る

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "揺さぶる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		揺さぶる ゆさぶる
Imperative (命令形) 揺さぶれ ゆさぶれ
Key constructions
Passive 揺さぶられる ゆさぶられる
Causative 揺さぶらせる ゆさぶらせる
Potential 揺さぶれる ゆさぶれる
Volitional 揺さぶろう ゆさぶろ​ー
Negative 揺さぶらない ゆさぶらない
Negative perfective 揺さぶらなかった ゆさぶらな​かった
Formal 揺さぶります ゆさぶりま​す
Perfective 揺さぶった ゆさぶった
Conjunctive 揺さぶって ゆさぶって
Hypothetical conditional 揺さぶれば ゆさぶれ​ば

Verb

揺(ゆ)さぶる • (yusaburu) godan (stem 揺(ゆ)さぶり (yusaburi), past 揺(ゆ)さぶった (yusabutta))

  1. to (make something) shake
  2. (figuratively) to cause a stir, to cause an upset
    • 2008, “Dear”, 19's Sound Factory (lyrics)‎:
      頭(あたま)の中(なか)で聞(き)こえる君(きみ)の声(こえ)が　今(いま)も私(わたし)の心(こころ)を揺(ゆ)さ振(ぶ)る
      atama no naka de kikoeru kimi no koe ga ima mo watashi no kokoro o yusaburu
      I can hear your voice in my head and it makes my heart stir even now

Conjugation

Conjugation of "揺さぶる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 揺さぶら ゆさぶら yusabura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 揺さぶり ゆさぶり yusaburi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 揺さぶる ゆさぶる yusaburu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 揺さぶる ゆさぶる yusaburu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 揺さぶれ ゆさぶれ yusabure
Meireikei ("imperative") 揺さぶれ ゆさぶれ yusabure
Key constructions
Passive 揺さぶられる ゆさぶられる yusaburareru
Causative 揺さぶらせる
揺さぶらす 		ゆさぶらせる
ゆさぶらす 		yusaburaseru
yusaburasu
Potential 揺さぶれる ゆさぶれる yusabureru
Volitional 揺さぶろう ゆさぶろう yusaburō
Negative 揺さぶらない ゆさぶらない yusaburanai
Negative continuative 揺さぶらず ゆさぶらず yusaburazu
Formal 揺さぶります ゆさぶります yusaburimasu
Perfective 揺さぶった ゆさぶった yusabutta
Conjunctive 揺さぶって ゆさぶって yusabutte
Hypothetical conditional 揺さぶれば ゆさぶれば yusabureba

Derived terms

References

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