なす

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spellings

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止しゅうしがた)
Attributive (連体れんたいがた)
[náꜜsù]
Imperative (命令めいれいがた) [náꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive される され [nàsáréꜜrù]
Causative させる させ [nàsáséꜜrù]
Potential なりせる [nàséꜜrù]
Volitional そう [nàsóꜜò]
Negative さない ない [nàsáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective さなかった なかった [nàsáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal します しま [nàshímáꜜsù]
Perfective した した [náꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive して して [náꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional せば せば [náꜜsèbà]

Verb

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なす (nasutransitive godan (stem なし (nashi), past なした (nashita))

Japanese verb pair
active なす
mediopassive なる
  1. accomplish
  2. form
    ()あじ()なさない
    imi o nasanai
    meaningless
    (literally, “not forming meaning”)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of なす – see the following entry.
茄子なすび
[noun] Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine
[noun] a 茶入ちゃい (chaire, tea container) in the shape of an eggplant
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spellings
なす, ナス
(This term, なす (nasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as なす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なす.)

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of なす – see the following entry.
那須なす
[proper noun] Nasu (a town in Nasu district, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)
[proper noun] Nasu (a district of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, なす (nasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as なす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なす.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN