腐る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
腐
くさ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with 糞(くそ) (kuso) and 臭(くさ)い (kusai).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「腐る」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		腐る くさる
Imperative (命令形) 腐れ くされ
Key constructions
Passive 腐られる くさられる
Causative 腐らせる くさらせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 腐ろう くさろー
Negative 腐らない くさらない
Negative perfective 腐らなかった くさらなかった
Formal 腐ります くさります
Perfective 腐った くさった
Conjunctive 腐って くさって
Hypothetical conditional 腐れば くされば

Verb

腐(くさ)る • (kusaru) intransitive godan (stem 腐(くさ)り (kusari), past 腐(くさ)った (kusatta))

  1. rot
  2. spoil
  3. corrode
  4. be corrupt, degenerate
  5. be dejected
  6. (figurative, business) of inventory, to not move
    在庫(ざいこ)が腐(くさ)る
    zaiko ga kusaru
    inventory is not moving

Conjugation

Conjugation of "腐る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 腐ら くさら kusara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 腐り くさり kusari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 腐る くさる kusaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 腐る くさる kusaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 腐れ くされ kusare
Meireikei ("imperative") 腐れ くされ kusare
Key constructions
Passive 腐られる くさられる kusarareru
Causative 腐らせる
腐らす 		くさらせる
くさらす 		kusaraseru
kusarasu
Potential 腐れる くされる kusareru
Volitional 腐ろう くさろう kusarō
Negative 腐らない くさらない kusaranai
Negative continuative 腐らず くさらず kusarazu
Formal 腐ります くさります kusarimasu
Perfective 腐った くさった kusatta
Conjunctive 腐って くさって kusatte
Hypothetical conditional 腐れば くされば kusareba

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  3. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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