暈す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぼか
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
暈かす

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [bòkáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [bo̞ka̠sɨ]

Verb

(ぼか) • (bokasutransitive godan (stem (ぼか) (bokashi), past (ぼか)した (bokashita))

Japanese verb pair
active (ぼか)
mediopassive ()ける
  1. to gradate colors, to blur
  2. to be vague about something, to state ambiguously

Conjugation

Conjugation of "暈す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 暈さ ぼかさ bokasa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 暈し ぼかし bokashi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 暈す ぼかす bokasu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 暈す ぼかす bokasu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 暈せ ぼかせ bokase
Meireikei ("imperative") 暈せ ぼかせ bokase
Key constructions
Passive 暈される ぼかされる bokasareru
Causative 暈させる
暈さす
ぼかさせる
ぼかさす
bokasaseru
bokasasu
Potential 暈せる ぼかせる bokaseru
Volitional 暈そう ぼかそう bokasō
Negative 暈さない ぼかさない bokasanai
Negative continuative 暈さず ぼかさず bokasazu
Formal 暈します ぼかします bokashimasu
Perfective 暈した ぼかした bokashita
Conjunctive 暈して ぼかして bokashite
Hypothetical conditional 暈せば ぼかせば bokaseba

References

  • 暈す”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
  • Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN