もみほぐす

Japanese

Alternative spellings
揉み解す揉みほぐす

From 揉(も)み (momi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揉(も)む (momu, “to knead”)) + ほぐす (hogusu, “to relieve bodily stiffness”).

もみほぐす • (momihogusu) transitive godan (stem もみほぐし (momihogushi), past もみほぐした (momihogushita))

to massage away (bodily stiffness)
肩(かた)こりを揉(も)みほぐす
katakori o momihogusu
to massage away shoulder stiffness

Conjugation of "もみほぐす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	もみほぐさ	momihogusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	もみほぐし	momihogushi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	もみほぐす	momihogusu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	もみほぐす	momihogusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	もみほぐせ	momihoguse
Meireikei ("imperative")	もみほぐせ	momihoguse
Key constructions
Passive	もみほぐされる	momihogusareru
Causative	もみほぐさせるもみほぐさす	momihogusaseru momihogusasu
Potential	もみほぐせる	momihoguseru
Volitional	もみほぐそう	momihogusō
Negative	もみほぐさない	momihogusanai
Negative continuative	もみほぐさず	momihogusazu
Formal	もみほぐします	momihogushimasu
Perfective	もみほぐした	momihogushita
Conjunctive	もみほぐして	momihogushite
Hypothetical conditional	もみほぐせば	momihoguseba

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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