くじける

Japanese
Alternative spelling
挫ける

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くじけ​る [kùjíkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝʑike̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

くじける • (kujikeru) intransitive ichidan (stem くじけ (kujike), past くじけた (kujiketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 挫く
mediopassive くじける
  1. lose heart, be discouraged
    これまで艱(かん)難(なん)辛(しん)苦(く)に挫(くじ)けたことがない。
    Kore made kannan shinku ni kujiketa koto ga nai.
    Until now, we have never been defeated by hardships.
    くじけそうな時(とき)に聞(き)く歌(うた)
    kujikesō na toki ni kiku uta
    songs to listen to when you're down
  2. sprain one's ankle
    足(あし)が挫(くじ)ける
    ashi ga kujikeru
    sprained ankle

Conjugation
Conjugation of "くじける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") くじけ kujike
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") くじけ kujike
Shūshikei ("terminal") くじける kujikeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") くじける kujikeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") くじけれ kujikere
Meireikei ("imperative") くじけよ¹
くじけろ²		 kujikeyo¹
kujikero²
Key constructions
Passive くじけられる kujikerareru
Causative くじけさせる
くじけさす		 kujikesaseru
kujikesasu
Potential くじけられる
くじけれる³		 kujikerareru
kujikereru³
Volitional くじけよう kujikeyō
Negative くじけない
くじけぬ
くじけん		 kujikenai
kujikenu
kujiken
Negative continuative くじけず kujikezu
Formal くじけます kujikemasu
Perfective くじけた kujiketa
Conjunctive くじけて kujikete
Hypothetical conditional くじければ kujikereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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