ほぐす
Japanese
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 解す |
Pronunciation
Verb
ほぐす • (hogusu) transitive godan (stem ほぐし (hogushi), past ほぐした (hogushita))
| Japanese verb pair | |
|---|---|
| active | ほぐす |
| mediopassive | ほぐれる |
- to unravel; to disentangle
- 古いセーターをほぐす
- furui sētā o hogusu
- to unravel an old sweater
- 古いセーターをほぐす
- to relax; to relieve stress or bodily stiffness
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ほぐさ | hogusa | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ほぐし | hogushi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ほぐす | hogusu | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ほぐす | hogusu | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ほぐせ | hoguse | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ほぐせ | hoguse | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | ほぐされる | hogusareru | |
| Causative | ほぐさせる ほぐさす |
hogusaseru hogusasu | |
| Potential | ほぐせる | hoguseru | |
| Volitional | ほぐそう | hogusō | |
| Negative | ほぐさない | hogusanai | |
| Negative continuative | ほぐさず | hogusazu | |
| Formal | ほぐします | hogushimasu | |
| Perfective | ほぐした | hogushita | |
| Conjunctive | ほぐして | hogushite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ほぐせば | hoguseba | |
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | ほぐさ | fogusa | |
| Continuative (連用形) | ほぐし | fogusi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | ほぐす | fogusu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | ほぐす | fogusu | |
| Realis (已然形) | ほぐせ | foguse | |
| Imperative (命令形) | ほぐせ | foguse | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | ほぐさず | fogusazu | |
| Contrasting conjunction | ほぐせど | fogusedo | |
| Causal conjunction | ほぐせば | foguseba | |
| Conditional conjunction | ほぐさば | fogusaba | |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | ほぐしき | fogusiki | |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | ほぐしけり | fogusikeri | |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | ほぐしつ | fogusitu | |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | ほぐしぬ | fogusinu | |
| Perfect-continuative tense | ほぐせり ほぐしたり |
foguseri fogusitari | |
| Volitional | ほぐさむ | fogusamu | |
Derived terms
- もみほぐす (momihogusu)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN