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くたばる

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Japanese

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Etymology

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Cognate with くたくた (kutakuta). The くた (kuta) in くたばる is cognate with that in (くた) (kutatsu),[1] as well as with (くた) (kutasu)[1][2] and its intransitive counterpart くちる (kuchiru).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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くたばる (kutabaruintransitive godan (stem くたばり (kutabari), past くたばった (kutabatta))

  1. to wear oneself out; to become exhausted
    Synonym: 疲れる (tsukareru)
  2. (vulgar, usually imperative) to die, to drop dead
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:死ぬ

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 くたばる”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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