ぐずる

Japanese

Alternative spelling
愚図る (ateji)

Etymology

Possibly from ぐずぐず (“slowly, lingering”) +‎ る (“verb-forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぐずる [gùzúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟zɨɾɯ̟]

Verb

ぐずる • (guzuru) ^{←ぐづる (guduru)?}godan (stem ぐずり (guzuri), past ぐずった (guzutta))

1. (of a baby or child) to be grumpy
2. to complain

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ぐずる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ぐずら	guzura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ぐずり	guzuri
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ぐずる	guzuru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ぐずる	guzuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ぐずれ	guzure
Meireikei ("imperative")	ぐずれ	guzure
Key constructions
Passive	ぐずられる	guzurareru
Causative	ぐずらせる ぐずらす	guzuraseru guzurasu
Potential	ぐずれる	guzureru
Volitional	ぐずろう	guzurō
Negative	ぐずらない	guzuranai
Negative continuative	ぐずらず	guzurazu
Formal	ぐずります	guzurimasu
Perfective	ぐずった	guzutta
Conjunctive	ぐずって	guzutte
Hypothetical conditional	ぐずれば	guzureba