苔生す

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苔 生
こけ
Jinmeiyō 		む
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
苔むす
こけむす

Etymology

苔(こけ) (koke, “moss”) + 生(む)す (musu, “to grow”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こけむす [kòkémúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ke̞mɯ̟sɨ]

Verb

苔(こけ)生(む)す • (kokemusu) intransitive godan (stem 苔(こけ)生(む)し (kokemushi), past 苔(こけ)生(む)した (kokemushita))

  1. to become covered in moss
    苔(こけ)生(む)した岩(いわ) ― kokemushita iwa ― a moss-covered rock

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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