挫く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
挫
くじ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

挫(くじ)く • (kujiku) godan (stem 挫(くじ)き (kujiki), past 挫(くじ)いた (kujiita))

Japanese verb pair
active 挫く
mediopassive くじける
  1. sprain, break
    足(あし)をくじく
    ashi o kujiku
    to sprain one's ankle
    (literally, “to sprain one's foot”)
  2. dampen one's spirits, humble, frustrate one's goal, chill one's enthusiasm

Conjugation
Conjugation of "挫く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 挫か くじか kujika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 挫き くじき kujiki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 挫く くじく kujiku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 挫く くじく kujiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 挫け くじけ kujike
Meireikei ("imperative") 挫け くじけ kujike
Key constructions
Passive 挫かれる くじかれる kujikareru
Causative 挫かせる
挫かす		 くじかせる
くじかす		 kujikaseru
kujikasu
Potential 挫ける くじける kujikeru
Volitional 挫こう くじこう kujikō
Negative 挫かない くじかない kujikanai
Negative continuative 挫かず くじかず kujikazu
Formal 挫きます くじきます kujikimasu
Perfective 挫いた くじいた kujiita
Conjunctive 挫いて くじいて kujiite
Hypothetical conditional 挫けば くじけば kujikeba

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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