腐る
くさる · kusaru
To rot, to go bad, to decay, to spoil, to fester, to decompose, to turn sour (e.g. milk)
- to corrode, to weather, to crumble
- to become useless, to blunt, to weaken (from lack of practice)
- to become depraved, to be degenerate, to be morally bankrupt, to be corrupt
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 腐りますくさります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 腐りませんくさりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 腐りましたくさりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 腐りませんでしたくさりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 腐りましょうくさりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 腐りくさり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 腐りたいくさりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 腐りながらくさりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 腐ってくさって |
| Plain past (た形) | 腐ったくさった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 腐ったらくさったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 腐っているくさっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 腐らないくさらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 腐らなかったくさらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 腐らなくてくさらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 腐れるくされる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 腐ればくされば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 腐れくされ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 腐ろうくさろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 腐られるくさられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 腐らせるくさらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 腐らされるくさらされる |
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What does 腐る mean?
To rot, to go bad, to decay, to spoil, to fester, to decompose, to turn sour (e.g. milk). It can also mean: to corrode, to weather, to crumble; to become useless, to blunt, to weaken (from lack of practice); to become depraved, to be degenerate, to be morally bankrupt, to be corrupt.
How do you pronounce 腐る?
くさる (kusaru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 腐る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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