使い古す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
使 古
つか
Grade: 3 		ふる
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

使(つか)い古(ふる)す • (tsukaifurusu) ←つかひふるす (tukafifurusu)?transitive godan (stem 使(つか)い古(ふる)し (tsukaifurushi), past 使(つか)い古(ふる)した (tsukaifurushita))

  1. to wear out
    使(つか)い古(ふる)した携帯(けいたい)は高(たか)く売(う)れる
    tsukaifurushita keitai wa takaku ureru
    old cell phones can sell high
  2. to hackney

Conjugation

Conjugation of "使い古す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 使い古さ つかいふるさ tsukaifurusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 使い古し つかいふるし tsukaifurushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 使い古す つかいふるす tsukaifurusu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 使い古す つかいふるす tsukaifurusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 使い古せ つかいふるせ tsukaifuruse
Meireikei ("imperative") 使い古せ つかいふるせ tsukaifuruse
Key constructions
Passive 使い古される つかいふるされる tsukaifurusareru
Causative 使い古させる
使い古さす 		つかいふるさせる
つかいふるさす 		tsukaifurusaseru
tsukaifurusasu
Potential 使い古せる つかいふるせる tsukaifuruseru
Volitional 使い古そう つかいふるそう tsukaifurusō
Negative 使い古さない つかいふるさない tsukaifurusanai
Negative continuative 使い古さず つかいふるさず tsukaifurusazu
Formal 使い古します つかいふるします tsukaifurushimasu
Perfective 使い古した つかいふるした tsukaifurushita
Conjunctive 使い古して つかいふるして tsukaifurushite
Hypothetical conditional 使い古せば つかいふるせば tsukaifuruseba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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