痩せる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
痩
や
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
瘦せる (kyūjitai)

Verb

痩(や)せる • (yaseru) intransitive ichidan (stem 痩(や)せ (yase), past 痩(や)せた (yaseta))

  1. to lose weight
    • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:
      四(よん)五(ご)日(にち)経(た)つともうすっかり痩(や)せてしまった。
      Yon go nichi tatsu to mō sukkari yasete shimatta.
      He'd completely wasted away after only four or five days.
  2. for fertile land to become barren

Conjugation

Conjugation of "痩せる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 痩せ やせ yase
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 痩せ やせ yase
Shūshikei ("terminal") 痩せる やせる yaseru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 痩せる やせる yaseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 痩せれ やせれ yasere
Meireikei ("imperative") 痩せよ¹
痩せろ² 		やせよ¹
やせろ² 		yaseyo¹
yasero²
Key constructions
Passive 痩せられる やせられる yaserareru
Causative 痩せさせる
痩せさす 		やせさせる
やせさす 		yasesaseru
yasesasu
Potential 痩せられる
痩せれる³ 		やせられる
やせれる³ 		yaserareru
yasereru³
Volitional 痩せよう やせよう yaseyō
Negative 痩せない
痩せぬ
痩せん 		やせない
やせぬ
やせん 		yasenai
yasenu
yasen
Negative continuative 痩せず やせず yasezu
Formal 痩せます やせます yasemasu
Perfective 痩せた やせた yaseta
Conjunctive 痩せて やせて yasete
Hypothetical conditional 痩せれば やせれば yasereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Antonyms

References

  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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