水をさす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
水
みず
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
水を注す
水を差す

Etymology

水(みず) (mizu) + を (o) + 注(さ)す (sasu, “to pour”)

Verb

水(みず)をさす • (mizu o sasu) godan (stem 水(みず)をさし (mizu o sashi), past 水(みず)をさした (mizu o sashita))

  1. to pour water (into); to dilute with water
  2. (idiomatic) to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on; to put a damper on; to estrange (people)​

Conjugation

Conjugation of "水をさす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 水をささ みずをささ mizu o sasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 水をさし みずをさし mizu o sashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 水をさす みずをさす mizu o sasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 水をさす みずをさす mizu o sasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 水をさせ みずをさせ mizu o sase
Meireikei ("imperative") 水をさせ みずをさせ mizu o sase
Key constructions
Passive 水をさされる みずをさされる mizu o sasareru
Causative 水をささせる
水をささす 		みずをささせる
みずをささす 		mizu o sasaseru
mizu o sasasu
Potential 水をさせる みずをさせる mizu o saseru
Volitional 水をさそう みずをさそう mizu o sasō
Negative 水をささない みずをささない mizu o sasanai
Negative continuative 水をささず みずをささず mizu o sasazu
Formal 水をさします みずをさします mizu o sashimasu
Perfective 水をさした みずをさした mizu o sashita
Conjunctive 水をさして みずをさして mizu o sashite
Hypothetical conditional 水をさせば みずをさせば mizu o saseba
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