くちる
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 朽ちる |
Etymology
From earlier upper bigrade verb くつ (kutsu).
Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 上二段活用 (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru. For the Old / Classical form, see the くつ entry.
Pronunciation
Verb
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | くちる |
| mediopassive | くたす |
くちる • (kuchiru) intransitive ichidan (stem くち (kuchi), past くちた (kuchita))
Conjugation
Conjugation of "くちる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | くち | kuchi | ||
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | くち | kuchi | ||
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | くちる | kuchiru | ||
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | くちる | kuchiru | ||
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | くちれ | kuchire | ||
| Meireikei ("imperative") | くちよ¹ くちろ² |
kuchiyo¹ kuchiro² | ||
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | くちられる | kuchirareru | ||
| Causative | くちさせる くちさす |
kuchisaseru kuchisasu | ||
| Potential | くちられる くちれる³ |
kuchirareru kuchireru³ | ||
| Volitional | くちよう | kuchiyō | ||
| Negative | くちない くちぬ くちん |
kuchinai kuchinu kuchin | ||
| Negative continuative | くちず | kuchizu | ||
| Formal | くちます | kuchimasu | ||
| Perfective | くちた | kuchita | ||
| Conjunctive | くちて | kuchite | ||
| Hypothetical conditional | くちれば | kuchireba | ||
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||
Synonyms
- (rot): 腐る (kusaru)
Derived terms
- 蛇 (kuchinawa)
Related terms
- 朽たす (kutasu)