ふくさ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ふくさ – see the following entries.
【袱紗】
[noun] fukusa: piece of decorated silk used to cover gifts
[noun] a small, square silk cloth (around 27–29 cm on a side) used in the tea ceremony as a cover and to wipe tea vessels
[noun] (archaic) soft silk
[noun] (archaic, in compounds) something informal
Alternative spellings
帛紗, 服紗
【副査】
[noun] assistant examiner
(This term, ふくさ (fukusa), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ふくさ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふくさ.)

Adjective

ふくさ • (fukusa) †-nari

  1. (Classical Japanese) (of things) soft
  2. (Classical Japanese) (of persons) warm, relaxed, generous

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "ふくさなり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) ふくさなら fukusanara
Continuative (連用形) ふくさに[1]
ふくさなり[2]		 fukusani
fukusanari
Terminal (終止形) ふくさなり fukusanari
Attributive (連体形) ふくさなる fukusanaru
Realis (已然形) ふくさなれ fukusanare
Imperative (命令形) ふくさなれ fukusanare
Key constructions
Negative ふくさならず fukusanarazu
Contrasting conjunction ふくさなれど fukusanaredo
Causal conjunction ふくさなれば fukusanareba
Conditional conjunction ふくさならば fukusanaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) ふくさなりき fukusanariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) ふくさなりけり fukusanarikeri
Adverbial ふくさに fukusani
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.
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