うすぎ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
薄着

Etymology

From 薄(うす) (usu-) + 着(き) (ki). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うすぎ [ùsúgí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟sɨɡʲi]

Noun

うすぎ • (usugi)

light clothing

Coordinate terms

厚着(あつぎ) (atsugi)

Verb

うすぎする • (usugi suru) suru (stem うすぎし (usugi shi), past うすぎした (usugi shita))

to dress lightly

Conjugation

Conjugation of "うすぎする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	うすぎし	usugi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	うすぎし	usugi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	うすぎする	usugi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	うすぎする	usugi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	うすぎすれ	usugi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	うすぎせよ¹ うすぎしろ²	usugi seyo¹ usugi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	うすぎされる	usugi sareru
Causative	うすぎさせるうすぎさす	usugi saseru usugi sasu
Potential	うすぎできる	usugi dekiru
Volitional	うすぎしよう	usugi shiyō
Negative	うすぎしない	usugi shinai
Negative continuative	うすぎせず	usugi sezu
Formal	うすぎします	usugi shimasu
Perfective	うすぎした	usugi shita
Conjunctive	うすぎして	usugi shite
Hypothetical conditional	うすぎすれば	usugi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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