くさる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くさる – see the following entry.
腐る
[verb] to rot; to decompose
[verb] to spoil; to expire; to go bad; go off
[verb] to corrode
[verb] to become corrupt; to degenerate
[verb] to be dejected
[verb] (figurative, business, of inventory) to not move
[verb] (derogatory, auxiliary with verb in ren'yōkei) used to denigrate the action of another
(This term, くさる (kusaru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くさる, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くさる.