塗す
まぶす · mabusu
To cover (with), to smear, to sprinkle
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 塗しますまぶします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 塗しませんまぶしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 塗しましたまぶしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 塗しませんでしたまぶしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 塗しましょうまぶしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 塗しまぶし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 塗したいまぶしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 塗しながらまぶしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 塗してまぶして |
| Plain past (た形) | 塗したまぶした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 塗したらまぶしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 塗しているまぶしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 塗さないまぶさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 塗さなかったまぶさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 塗さなくてまぶさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 塗せるまぶせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 塗せばまぶせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 塗せまぶせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 塗そうまぶそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 塗されるまぶされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 塗させるまぶさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 塗させられるまぶさせられる |
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What does 塗す mean?
To cover (with), to smear, to sprinkle.
How do you pronounce 塗す?
まぶす (mabusu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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