霞む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
かす
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
翳む

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

From stem kasu-, cognate with classical adjective 幽し (kasukeshi, faint), adjective 微か (kasuka, faint, dim), and adverb かすかす (kasukasu, barely).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「霞む
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
霞む すむ
Imperative (命令形) 霞め すめ
Key constructions
Passive 霞まれる すまれる
Causative 霞ませる すませる
Potential - - -
Volitional 霞もう すも
Negative 霞まない すまない
Negative perfective 霞まなかった すまなかった
Formal 霞みます すみま
Perfective 霞んだ すんだ
Conjunctive 霞んで すんで
Hypothetical conditional 霞めば すめ

Verb

(かす) (kasumuintransitive godan (stem (かす) (kasumi), past (かす)んだ (kasunda))

Japanese verb pair
active 霞める
mediopassive 霞む
  1. 霞む: to grow hazy, be misty
  2. 霞む, 翳む: to become blurry, especially when tears come out
    (なみだ)(かす)んでしまう
    namida de kasunde shimau
    eyes get blurry with tears
  3. 霞む: to get dim
  4. 霞む: to be overshadowed

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:霞む.

Derived terms

Verb

(かす) (kasumutransitive nidan

  1. (archaic) to blur
  2. (theater, archaic) in kabuki, for the 下座 (geza) musicians to play weakly and quietly
    Antonym: 生やす (oyasu)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

From stem kasu-, cognate with adjective 幽し (kaso1ke2si, faint).[1]

Verb

霞む (kasumu) (kana かすむ)

  1. to grow hazy, be misty

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:霞む.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: 霞む, 翳む (kasumu, intransitive and archaic transitive)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN