嘯く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嘯
うそぶ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Maybe a compound of 嘯(うそ) (uso, “a whistle sound”) + 吹(ふ)く (fuku, “to blow”), perhaps influenced by 嘘(うそ) (uso, “a lie”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うそぶく [ùsóbúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟so̞bɯ̟kɯ̟]

Verb

嘯(うそぶ)く • (usobuku) intransitive godan (stem 嘯(うそぶ)き (usobuki), past 嘯(うそぶ)いた (usobuita))

  1. to boast, to brag
  2. to feign ignorance and insist
  3. to howl

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嘯く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 嘯か うそぶか usobuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 嘯き うそぶき usobuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 嘯く うそぶく usobuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 嘯く うそぶく usobuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 嘯け うそぶけ usobuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 嘯け うそぶけ usobuke
Key constructions
Passive 嘯かれる うそぶかれる usobukareru
Causative 嘯かせる
嘯かす 		うそぶかせる
うそぶかす 		usobukaseru
usobukasu
Potential 嘯ける うそぶける usobukeru
Volitional 嘯こう うそぶこう usobukō
Negative 嘯かない うそぶかない usobukanai
Negative continuative 嘯かず うそぶかず usobukazu
Formal 嘯きます うそぶきます usobukimasu
Perfective 嘯いた うそぶいた usobuita
Conjunctive 嘯いて うそぶいて usobuite
Hypothetical conditional 嘯けば うそぶけば usobukeba

See also

References

  1. ^ Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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