暮れ泥む

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
なず
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
暮れなずむ

Etymology

Compound of 暮れ (kure, darkening, setting of the sun, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 暮れる (kureru, to get dark, to sunset)) +‎ 泥む (nazumu, to be on the verge of something happening).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) れなず [kùrénázúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ɾe̞na̠zɨmɯ̟]

Verb

()(なず) • (kurenazumuくれなづむ (kurenadumu)?intransitive godan (stem ()(なず) (kurenazumi), past ()(なず)んだ (kurenazunda))

  1. to become twilight, (of a sunset) to linger

Conjugation

Conjugation of "暮れ泥む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 暮れ泥ま くれなずま kurenazuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 暮れ泥み くれなずみ kurenazumi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 暮れ泥む くれなずむ kurenazumu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 暮れ泥む くれなずむ kurenazumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 暮れ泥め くれなずめ kurenazume
Meireikei ("imperative") 暮れ泥め くれなずめ kurenazume
Key constructions
Passive 暮れ泥まれる くれなずまれる kurenazumareru
Causative 暮れ泥ませる
暮れ泥ます
くれなずませる
くれなずます
kurenazumaseru
kurenazumasu
Potential 暮れ泥める くれなずめる kurenazumeru
Volitional 暮れ泥もう くれなずもう kurenazumō
Negative 暮れ泥まない くれなずまない kurenazumanai
Negative continuative 暮れ泥まず くれなずまず kurenazumazu
Formal 暮れ泥みます くれなずみます kurenazumimasu
Perfective 暮れ泥んだ くれなずんだ kurenazunda
Conjunctive 暮れ泥んで くれなずんで kurenazunde
Hypothetical conditional 暮れ泥めば くれなずめば kurenazumeba

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN