蒸す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒸
む
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「蒸す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		蒸す むす
Imperative (命令形) 蒸せ むせ
Key constructions
Passive 蒸される むされる
Causative 蒸させる むさせる
Potential 蒸せる むせる
Volitional 蒸そう むそー
Negative 蒸さない むさない
Negative perfective 蒸さなかった むさなかった
Formal 蒸します むします
Perfective 蒸した むした
Conjunctive 蒸して むして
Hypothetical conditional 蒸せば むせば

Verb

蒸(む)す • (musu) transitive godan (stem 蒸(む)し (mushi), past 蒸(む)した (mushita))

  1. to steam; to heat by steaming; to cook by steaming

蒸(む)す • (musu) intransitive godan (stem 蒸(む)し (mushi), past 蒸(む)した (mushita))

  1. to be sultry; to be hot and humid; to be muggy

Conjugation

Conjugation of "蒸す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 蒸さ むさ musa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 蒸し むし mushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 蒸す むす musu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 蒸す むす musu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 蒸せ むせ muse
Meireikei ("imperative") 蒸せ むせ muse
Key constructions
Passive 蒸される むされる musareru
Causative 蒸させる
蒸さす 		むさせる
むさす 		musaseru
musasu
Potential 蒸せる むせる museru
Volitional 蒸そう むそう musō
Negative 蒸さない むさない musanai
Negative continuative 蒸さず むさず musazu
Formal 蒸します むします mushimasu
Perfective 蒸した むした mushita
Conjunctive 蒸して むして mushite
Hypothetical conditional 蒸せば むせば museba
Classical conjugation of "蒸す" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 蒸さ むさ musa
Continuative (連用形) 蒸し むし musi
Terminal (終止形) 蒸す むす musu
Attributive (連体形) 蒸す むす musu
Realis (已然形) 蒸せ むせ muse
Imperative (命令形) 蒸せ むせ muse
Key constructions
Negative 蒸さず むさず musazu
Contrasting conjunction 蒸せど むせど musedo
Causal conjunction 蒸せば むせば museba
Conditional conjunction 蒸さば むさば musaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 蒸しき むしき musiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 蒸しけり むしけり musikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 蒸しつ むしつ musitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 蒸しぬ むしぬ musinu
Perfect-continuative tense 蒸せり
蒸したり		 むせり
むしたり		 museri
musitari
Volitional 蒸さむ むさむ musamu

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References

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