潰す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
潰
つぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「潰す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		潰す つぶす
Imperative (命令形) 潰せ つぶせ
Key constructions
Passive 潰される つぶされる
Causative 潰させる つぶさせる
Potential 潰せる つぶせる
Volitional 潰そう つぶそー
Negative 潰さない つぶさない
Negative perfective 潰さなかった つぶさなかった
Formal 潰します つぶします
Perfective 潰した つぶした
Conjunctive 潰して つぶして
Hypothetical conditional 潰せば つぶせば

Verb

潰(つぶ)す • (tsubusu) transitive godan (stem 潰(つぶ)し (tsubushi), past 潰(つぶ)した (tsubushita))

Japanese verb pair
active 潰す
mediopassive 潰れる
  1. to smash, to crush, to break
    玩具(がんぐ)を潰(つぶ)す
    gangu o tsubusu
    crush a toy
  2. to ruin; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to pull down
    荒(あば)ら屋(や)を潰(つぶ)す
    abaraya o tsubusu
    demolish an uninhabited house
    協定(きょうてい)を潰(つぶ)す
    kyōtei o tsubusu
    wreck a pact
  3. to ruin; drive into bankruptcy
    店(みせ)を潰(つぶ)す
    mise o tsubusu
    ruin a store
  4. to slaughter
    鶏(とり)を潰(つぶ)す
    tori o tsubusu
    slaughter a chicken

Conjugation

Conjugation of "潰す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 潰さ つぶさ tsubusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 潰し つぶし tsubushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 潰す つぶす tsubusu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 潰す つぶす tsubusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 潰せ つぶせ tsubuse
Meireikei ("imperative") 潰せ つぶせ tsubuse
Key constructions
Passive 潰される つぶされる tsubusareru
Causative 潰させる
潰さす 		つぶさせる
つぶさす 		tsubusaseru
tsubusasu
Potential 潰せる つぶせる tsubuseru
Volitional 潰そう つぶそう tsubusō
Negative 潰さない つぶさない tsubusanai
Negative continuative 潰さず つぶさず tsubusazu
Formal 潰します つぶします tsubushimasu
Perfective 潰した つぶした tsubushita
Conjunctive 潰して つぶして tsubushite
Hypothetical conditional 潰せば つぶせば tsubuseba

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