くすむ

Japanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “any possible relation with くろ or かすむ? or くすぶる?”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くすむ [kùsúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟sɨmɯ̟]

Verb

くすむ • (kusumu) ^{←くすむ (kusumu)?}godan (stem くすみ (kusumi), past くすんだ (kusunda))

1. to darken (in color)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "くすむ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	くすま	kusuma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	くすみ	kusumi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	くすむ	kusumu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	くすむ	kusumu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	くすめ	kusume
Meireikei ("imperative")	くすめ	kusume
Key constructions
Passive	くすまれる	kusumareru
Causative	くすませる くすます	kusumaseru kusumasu
Potential	くすめる	kusumeru
Volitional	くすもう	kusumō
Negative	くすまない	kusumanai
Negative continuative	くすまず	kusumazu
Formal	くすみます	kusumimasu
Perfective	くすんだ	kusunda
Conjunctive	くすんで	kusunde
Hypothetical conditional	くすめば	kusumeba

See also

• 黒(くろ)ばむ (kurobamu)