ぐずる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
愚図る (ateji)

Etymology

Possibly from ぐずぐず (slowly, lingering) +‎ (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [gùzúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟zɨɾɯ̟]

Verb

ぐずる • (guzuruぐづる (guduru)?godan (stem ぐずり (guzuri), past ぐずった (guzutta))

  1. (of a baby or child) to be grumpy
  2. to complain

Conjugation

References

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