壊す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
こわ
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
壞す (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kòwáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɰᵝa̠sɨᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "壊す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
壊す [kòwáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 壊せ [kòwáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 壊される わされ [kòwásáréꜜrù]
Causative 壊させる わさせ [kòwásáséꜜrù]
Potential 壊せる わせ [kòwáséꜜrù]
Volitional 壊そう わそ [kòwásóꜜò]
Negative 壊さない わさない [kòwásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 壊さなかった わさなかった [kòwásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 壊します わしま [kòwáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 壊した した [kòwáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 壊して して [kòwáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 壊せば せば [kòwáꜜsèbà]

Verb

(こわ) • (kowasu) transitive godan (stem (こわ) (kowashi), past (こわ)した (kowashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 壊す
mediopassive 壊れる
  1. to break, destroy, ruin, wreck (something)
    スマホ(こわ)してしまう
    sumaho o kowashiteshimau
    (accidentally) break one's smartphone
    (なか)(こわ)
    onaka o kowasu
    to give oneself an upset stomach

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.