朽ち果てる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
朽果てる

Etymology

() (kuchi, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()ちる (kuchiru, to rot, to decay)) + ()てる (hateru, to do utterly, to do completely)

Pronunciation

Verb

()()てる • (kuchihateruichidan (stem ()() (kuchihate), past ()()てた (kuchihateta))

  1. to decay completely
  2. to die in obscurity

Conjugation

Conjugation of "朽ち果てる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 朽ち果て くちはて kuchihate
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 朽ち果て くちはて kuchihate
Shūshikei ("terminal") 朽ち果てる くちはてる kuchihateru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 朽ち果てる くちはてる kuchihateru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 朽ち果てれ くちはてれ kuchihatere
Meireikei ("imperative") 朽ち果てよ¹
朽ち果てろ²
くちはてよ¹
くちはてろ²
kuchihateyo¹
kuchihatero²
Key constructions
Passive 朽ち果てられる くちはてられる kuchihaterareru
Causative 朽ち果てさせる
朽ち果てさす
くちはてさせる
くちはてさす
kuchihatesaseru
kuchihatesasu
Potential 朽ち果てられる
朽ち果てれる³
くちはてられる
くちはてれる³
kuchihaterareru
kuchihatereru³
Volitional 朽ち果てよう くちはてよう kuchihateyō
Negative 朽ち果てない
朽ち果てぬ
朽ち果てん
くちはてない
くちはてぬ
くちはてん
kuchihatenai
kuchihatenu
kuchihaten
Negative continuative 朽ち果てず くちはてず kuchihatezu
Formal 朽ち果てます くちはてます kuchihatemasu
Perfective 朽ち果てた くちはてた kuchihateta
Conjunctive 朽ち果てて くちはてて kuchihatete
Hypothetical conditional 朽ち果てれば くちはてれば kuchihatereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 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
  4. 4.0 4.1 朽ち果てる”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here