くださる

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くださる – see the following entry.

【下さる】 [verb] [from 1693] (honorific) to give [verb] [from 1693] (honorific) to receive (particularly food and/or drink) [verb] [from 1885-1886] (honorific) to feel great [verb] [from 1885-1886] (honorific) (chiefly in the negative form) to be worthless or boring; to be tasteless [verb] (honorific) (only useed in the following conjunctions below) to do something for the recipient; shows respect from the speaker to the recipient [verb] [from 1715] Used after the 〜て form of a verb. [verb] [from 1820-1849] Used either after a native noun prefixed with お (o-) or after a Sino-Japanese noun prefixed with 御 (go-). [verb] classical form of 下される (kudasareru)

(This term, くださる (kudasaru), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)