くじける

Japanese

Alternative spelling
挫ける

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くじけ​る [kùjíkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝʑike̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

くじける • (kujikeru) intransitive ichidan (stem くじけ (kujike), past くじけた (kujiketa))

Japanese verb pair
active	挫く
mediopassive	くじける

1. lose heart, be discouraged

   これまで艱(かん)難(なん)辛(しん)苦(く)に挫(くじ)けたことがない。

   Kore made kannan shinku ni kujiketa koto ga nai.

   Until now, we have never been defeated by hardships.

   くじけそうな時(とき)に聞(き)く歌(うた)

   kujikesō na toki ni kiku uta

   songs to listen to when you're down

2. sprain one's ankle

   足(あし)が挫(くじ)ける

   ashi ga kujikeru

   sprained ankle

Conjugation

Conjugation of "くじける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	くじけ	kujike
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	くじけ	kujike
Shūshikei ("terminal")	くじける	kujikeru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	くじける	kujikeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	くじけれ	kujikere
Meireikei ("imperative")	くじけよ¹ くじけろ²	kujikeyo¹ kujikero²
Key constructions
Passive	くじけられる	kujikerareru
Causative	くじけさせる くじけさす	kujikesaseru kujikesasu
Potential	くじけられる くじけれる³	kujikerareru kujikereru³
Volitional	くじけよう	kujikeyō
Negative	くじけない くじけぬ くじけん	kujikenai kujikenu kujiken
Negative continuative	くじけず	kujikezu
Formal	くじけます	kujikemasu
Perfective	くじけた	kujiketa
Conjunctive	くじけて	kujikete
Hypothetical conditional	くじければ	kujikereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential