ふす

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
伏す
臥す

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [fùsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1] non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̊sɨ]

Verb

ふす • (fusuふす (fusu)?godan (stem ふし (fushi), past ふした (fushita))

Japanese verb pair
active 伏せる
mediopassive 伏す
"to bend down"
  1. 伏す: to bend down
  2. 臥す, 伏す: to lie down in bed
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ふす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ふさ fusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ふし fushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ふす fusu
Rentaikei ("attributive") ふす fusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ふせ fuse
Meireikei ("imperative") ふせ fuse
Key constructions
Passive ふされる fusareru
Causative ふさせる
ふさす
fusaseru
fusasu
Potential ふせる fuseru
Volitional ふそう fusō
Negative ふさない fusanai
Negative continuative ふさず fusazu
Formal ふします fushimasu
Perfective ふした fushita
Conjunctive ふして fushite
Hypothetical conditional ふせば fuseba
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ふす – see the following entry.
付す
[verb] attach
Alternative spelling
附す
(This term, ふす (fusu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ふす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふす.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN