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Japanese

Alternative spellings
微か
幽か
幽

Etymology

かす (kasu, the root of verbs 擦る (kasuru), 霞む (kasumu), and 掠める (kasumeru)) + か (-ka, a non-productive suffix used in adjectives)

Pronunciation

Adjective

かすか • (kasuka) ←かすか (kasuka)?-na (adnominal かすかな (kasuka na), adverbial かすかに (kasuka ni))

  1. faint; (of a sight) dim
    かすかな望(のぞ)みすらない。
    Kasuka na nozomi sura nai.
    I have not the faintest hope.
    かすかな音(おと)
    kasuka na oto
    a faint sound
    かすかな声(こえ)で
    kasuka na koe de
    in a faint voice
    かすかに見(み)える
    kasuka ni mieru
    faintly visible

Inflection

Inflection of かすか
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) かすかだろ kasuka daro
Continuative (連用形) かすかで kasuka de
Terminal (終止形) かすかだ kasuka da
Attributive (連体形) かすかな kasuka na
Hypothetical (仮定形) かすかなら kasuka nara
Imperative (命令形) かすかであれ kasuka de are
Key constructions
Informal negative かすかではない
かすかじゃない 		kasuka de wa nai
kasuka ja nai
Informal past かすかだった kasuka datta
Informal negative past かすかではなかった
かすかじゃなかった 		kasuka de wa nakatta
kasuka ja nakatta
Formal かすかです kasuka desu
Formal negative かすかではありません
かすかじゃありません 		kasuka de wa arimasen
kasuka ja arimasen
Formal past かすかでした kasuka deshita
Formal negative past かすかではありませんでした
かすかじゃありませんでした 		kasuka de wa arimasen deshita
kasuka ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive かすかで kasuka de
Conditional かすかなら（ば） kasuka nara (ba)
Provisional かすかだったら kasuka dattara
Volitional かすかだろう kasuka darō
Adverbial かすかに kasuka ni
Degree かすかさ kasukasa

Synonyms

Proper noun

For pronunciation and definitions of かすか – see the following entry.
【春日】
a surname
(This term, かすか (kasuka), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as かすか, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かすか.)

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
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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