くださる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くださる – see the following entry.

[verb] [from 1693] (honorific) to give

[verb] [from 1693] (honorific) to receive (particularly food and/or drink)

[verb] [from 1885–1886] (honorific) to feel great

[verb] [from 1885–1886] (honorific) (chiefly in the negative form) to be worthless or boring; to be tasteless

[verb] (honorific) (only useed in the following conjunctions below) to do something for the recipient; shows respect from the speaker to the recipient

[verb] [from 1715] Used after the 〜て form of a verb.

[verb] [from 1820–1849] Used either after a native noun prefixed with お (o-) or after a Sino-Japanese noun prefixed with 御 (go-).

[verb] classical form of 下される (kudasareru)

(This term, くださる (kudasaru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)