すさぶ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
荒ぶ

Alternative forms

荒(すさ)む (susamu)

Etymology

May be related to 寂しい (sabishii, samishii, “lonely, desolate”), from archaic 荒ぶ (sabu, “to be desolate, to be lonely”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すさぶ [sùsábú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨsa̠bɯ̟]

Verb

すさぶ • (susabu) intransitive godan (stem すさび (susabi), past すさんだ (susanda))

to be barren
すさぶ草(そう)原(げん)
susabu sōgen
barren grassland
of weather, to be forceful / severe
風(かぜ)がすさぶ中(なか)
kaze ga susabu naka
in the midst of raging winds

Conjugation

Conjugation of "すさぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	すさば	susaba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	すさび	susabi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	すさぶ	susabu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	すさぶ	susabu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	すさべ	susabe
Meireikei ("imperative")	すさべ	susabe
Key constructions
Passive	すさばれる	susabareru
Causative	すさばせるすさばす	susabaseru susabasu
Potential	すさべる	susaberu
Volitional	すさぼう	susabō
Negative	すさばない	susabanai
Negative continuative	すさばず	susabazu
Formal	すさびます	susabimasu
Perfective	すさんだ	susanda
Conjunctive	すさんで	susande
Hypothetical conditional	すさべば	susabeba

Derived terms

(of weather, to be forceful):
- ふりすさぶ (furisusabu)
- ふきすさぶ (fukisusabu)

References

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