からす
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からす (karasu): a crow, a raven.
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Alternative spellings |
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| 烏 鴉 |
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *karasu.
Compound of から (kara, “caw”, onomatopoeia, imitative of a crow's caw) + す (su, “bird”, ancient suffix appearing in certain bird names).[1] Compare the す (su) in 鶯 (uguisu), 杜鵑 (hototogisu), モズ (mozu).
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
Commonly spelled 烏 in kanji. When this spelling is used on its own (as opposed to in compounds), karasu is the most common reading.
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カラス.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 烏が鵜の真似 (karasu ga u no mane)
- 烏座 (Karasuza): the Corvus constellation
- 烏の行水 (karasu no gyōzui): a quick bath
- 濡烏 (nuregarasu): jet-black
- 八咫烏 (yatagarasu): three legged crow in Japanese mythology
- 渡烏 (watarigarasu): common raven
Etymology 2
| Alternative spellings |
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| 涸らす 枯らす 嗄らす |
Verb
からす • (karasu) transitive godan (stem からし (karashi), past からした (karashita))
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | からす |
| mediopassive | かれる |
- 涸らす: to drain
- 涸らす: (figuratively) to exhaust (money etc.)
- 枯らす:to wither (a plant); to kill (a plant)
- 丹精した植木を枯らす
- tansei shita ueki o karasu
- to kill a carefully cultivated plant
- 丹精した植木を枯らす
- 枯らす: to let dry
- 枯らす, 嗄らす: to yell oneself hoarse
Conjugation
Conjugation of "からす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | からさ | karasa | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | からし | karashi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | からす | karasu | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | からす | karasu | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | からせ | karase | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | からせ | karase | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | からされる | karasareru | |
| Causative | からさせる からさす |
karasaseru karasasu | |
| Potential | からせる | karaseru | |
| Volitional | からそう | karasō | |
| Negative | からさない | karasanai | |
| Negative continuative | からさず | karasazu | |
| Formal | からします | karashimasu | |
| Perfective | からした | karashita | |
| Conjunctive | からして | karashite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | からせば | karaseba | |
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | からさ | karasa | |
| Continuative (連用形) | からし | karasi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | からす | karasu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | からす | karasu | |
| Realis (已然形) | からせ | karase | |
| Imperative (命令形) | からせ | karase | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | からさず | karasazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | からせど | karasedo | |
| Causal conjunction | からせば | karaseba | |
| Conditional conjunction | からさば | karasaba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | からしき | karasiki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | からしけり | karasikeri | |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | からしつ | karasitu | |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | からしぬ | karasinu | |
| Perfect-continuative tense | からせり からしたり |
karaseri karasitari | |
| Volitional | からさむ | karasamu | |
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
Old Japanese
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *karasu.
Likely of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
からす (karasu)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:からす.