嗽ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くちすす
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
口濯ぐ

Etymology

Compound of (kuchi, mouth) +‎ 濯ぐ (susugu, to rinse or clean with water).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちすす [kùchísúsúꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [4])
  • (Tokyo) ちすすぐ [kùchísúsúgú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟t͡ɕisɨsɨɡɯ̟]

Verb

(くちすす) • (kuchisusuguintransitive godan (stem (くちすす) (kuchisusugi), past (くちすす)いだ (kuchisusuida))

  1. to gargle, to rinse (the mouth)

Conjugation

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