気触れる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 ふ > ぶ
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
氣觸れる (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Uncertain, but likely an extension of the potential or realis form (かぶ)れる (kabureru, to be covering something) of root verb (かぶ) (kaburu, to put on, to put on top of something), from the sense of “to be covered by”.

The use of the kanji 気触 is probably an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

Verb

気触(かぶ)れる (kabureruintransitive ichidan (stem 気触(かぶ) (kabure), past 気触(かぶ)れた (kabureta))

  1. to break out in a rash
    (うるし)気触(かぶ)れる、アレルギーに気触(かぶ)れる
    urushi ni kabureru, arerugī ni kabureru
    to get a rash from lacquer poisoning, to break out in a rash due to an allergy
  2. to be influenced by something, to be under the influence of something
    ジャズに気触(かぶ)れる、フランスに気触(かぶ)れる
    jazu ni kabureru, furansu ni kabureru
    to be influenced by jazz, to be thoroughly affected by France

Conjugation

References

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