ほぐす

Japanese
Alternative spelling
解す

Pronunciation

Verb

ほぐす • (hogusu) transitive godan

Japanese verb pair
active ほぐす
mediopassive ほぐれる
  1. to unravel; to disentangle
    古(ふる)いセーターをほぐす
    furui sētā o hogusu
    to unravel an old sweater
  2. to relax; to relieve stress or bodily stiffness

Conjugation
Conjugation of "ほぐす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ほぐさ hogusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ほぐし hogushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ほぐす hogusu
Rentaikei ("attributive") ほぐす hogusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ほぐせ hoguse
Meireikei ("imperative") ほぐせ hoguse
Key constructions
Passive ほぐされる hogusareru
Causative ほぐさせる
ほぐさす		 hogusaseru
hogusasu
Potential ほぐせる hoguseru
Volitional ほぐそう hogusō
Negative ほぐさない hogusanai
Negative continuative ほぐさず hogusazu
Formal ほぐします hogushimasu
Perfective ほぐした hogushita
Conjunctive ほぐして hogushite
Hypothetical conditional ほぐせば hoguseba
Classical conjugation of "ほぐす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) ほぐさfogusa
Continuative (連用形) ほぐしfogusi
Terminal (終止形) ほぐすfogusu
Attributive (連体形) ほぐすfogusu
Realis (已然形) ほぐせfoguse
Imperative (命令形) ほぐせfoguse
Key constructions
Negative ほぐさずfogusazu
Contrasting conjunction ほぐせどfogusedo
Causal conjunction ほぐせばfoguseba
Conditional conjunction ほぐさばfogusaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) ほぐしきfogusiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) ほぐしけりfogusikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) ほぐしつfogusitu
Perfect tense (natural event) ほぐしぬfogusinu
Perfect-continuative tense ほぐせり
ほぐしたり		foguseri
fogusitari
Volitional ほぐさむfogusamu

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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