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

Conjugation of "ぐずる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ぐずら guzura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ぐずり guzuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") ぐずる guzuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ぐずる guzuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ぐずれ guzure
Meireikei ("imperative") ぐずれ guzure
Key constructions
Passive ぐずられる guzurareru
Causative ぐずらせる
ぐずらす
guzuraseru
guzurasu
Potential ぐずれる guzureru
Volitional ぐずろう guzurō
Negative ぐずらない guzuranai
Negative continuative ぐずらず guzurazu
Formal ぐずります guzurimasu
Perfective ぐずった guzutta
Conjunctive ぐずって guzutte
Hypothetical conditional ぐずれば guzureba

References

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