ごす

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「ごす
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)
ごす [sùgóꜜsù]
Imperative (命令めいれいがた) ごせ [sùgóꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive ごされる ごされ [sùgósáréꜜrù]
Causative ごさせる ごさせ [sùgósáséꜜrù]
Potential ごせる ごせ [sùgóséꜜrù]
Volitional ごそう ごそ [sùgósóꜜò]
Negative ごさない ごさない [sùgósáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective ごさなかった ごさなかった [sùgósáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal ごします ごしま [sùgóshímáꜜsù]
Perfective ごした した [sùgóꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive ごして して [sùgóꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional ごせば せば [sùgóꜜsèbà]

Verb

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()ごす (sugosutransitive godan (stem ()ごし (sugoshi), past ()ごした (sugoshita))

Japanese verb pair
active ごす
mediopassive ぎる
  1. spend, pass (time); have (a holiday)
    退屈たいくつ(たいくつ)日々ひび(ひび)()ごす
    taikutsu na hibi o sugosu
    to live out boring days
    休日きゅうじつ(きゅうじつ)いえ(いえ)()ごす
    kyūjitsu o ie de sugosu
    to spend a day off at home
    不安ふあん(ふあん)よる(よる)()ごす
    fuan na yoru o sugosu
    to endure a night of anxiety
    (literally, “to pass an uneasy night”)
  2. do something too much, carry something too far

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN