ぬりつぶす

Japanese

Alternative spellings
塗り潰す 塗りつぶす

Etymology

From 塗(ぬ)り (nuri, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 塗(ぬ)る (nuru).”) + 潰(つぶ)す (tsubusu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぬりつぶ​す [nùrítsúbúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [nɯ̟ᵝɾʲit͡sɨᵝbɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Verb

ぬりつぶす • (nuritsubusu) ^{←ぬりつぶす (nuritubusu)?}godan (stem ぬりつぶし (nuritsubushi), past ぬりつぶした (nuritsubushita))

1. to color in / shade in completely

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ぬりつぶす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ぬりつぶさ	nuritsubusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ぬりつぶし	nuritsubushi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ぬりつぶす	nuritsubusu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ぬりつぶす	nuritsubusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ぬりつぶせ	nuritsubuse
Meireikei ("imperative")	ぬりつぶせ	nuritsubuse
Key constructions
Passive	ぬりつぶされる	nuritsubusareru
Causative	ぬりつぶさせる ぬりつぶさす	nuritsubusaseru nuritsubusasu
Potential	ぬりつぶせる	nuritsubuseru
Volitional	ぬりつぶそう	nuritsubusō
Negative	ぬりつぶさない	nuritsubusanai
Negative continuative	ぬりつぶさず	nuritsubusazu
Formal	ぬりつぶします	nuritsubushimasu
Perfective	ぬりつぶした	nuritsubushita
Conjunctive	ぬりつぶして	nuritsubushite
Hypothetical conditional	ぬりつぶせば	nuritsubuseba