挫く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
挫
くじ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くじく [kùjíꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝʑikɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

挫(くじ)く • (kujiku) godan (stem 挫(くじ)き (kujiki), past 挫(くじ)いた (kujiita))

Japanese verb pair
active	挫く
mediopassive	くじける

sprain, break
足(あし)をくじく
ashi o kujiku
to sprain one's ankle
(literally, “to sprain one's foot”)
dampen one's spirits, humble, frustrate one's goal, chill one's enthusiasm

Conjugation

Conjugation of "挫く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	挫か	くじか	kujika
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	挫き	くじき	kujiki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	挫く	くじく	kujiku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	挫く	くじく	kujiku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	挫け	くじけ	kujike
Meireikei ("imperative")	挫け	くじけ	kujike
Key constructions
Passive	挫かれる	くじかれる	kujikareru
Causative	挫かせる挫かす	くじかせるくじかす	kujikaseru kujikasu
Potential	挫ける	くじける	kujikeru
Volitional	挫こう	くじこう	kujikō
Negative	挫かない	くじかない	kujikanai
Negative continuative	挫かず	くじかず	kujikazu
Formal	挫きます	くじきます	kujikimasu
Perfective	挫いた	くじいた	kujiita
Conjunctive	挫いて	くじいて	kujiite
Hypothetical conditional	挫けば	くじけば	kujikeba

Derived terms

出鼻(でばな)をくじく (debana o kujiku)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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