うすぎ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
薄着

Etymology

From 薄(うす) (usu-) + 着(き) (ki). The ki changes to gi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うすぎ [ùsúgí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝɡʲi]

Noun

うすぎ • (usugi) 

  1. light clothing

Coordinate terms
  • 厚着(あつぎ) (atsugi)

Verb

うすぎする • (usugi suru) suru (stem うすぎし (usugi shi), past うすぎした (usugi shita))

  1. to dress lightly

Conjugation
Conjugation of "うすぎする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") うすぎし usugi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") うすぎし usugi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") うすぎする usugi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") うすぎする usugi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") うすぎすれ usugi sure
Meireikei ("imperative") うすぎせよ¹
うすぎしろ²		 usugi seyo¹
usugi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive うすぎされる usugi sareru
Causative うすぎさせる
うすぎさす		 usugi saseru
usugi sasu
Potential うすぎできる usugi dekiru
Volitional うすぎしよう usugi shiyō
Negative うすぎしない usugi shinai
Negative continuative うすぎせず usugi sezu
Formal うすぎします usugi shimasu
Perfective うすぎした usugi shita
Conjunctive うすぎして usugi shite
Hypothetical conditional うすぎすれば usugi sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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