償う

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
償
つぐな
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alteration of tsugunou below.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つぐな​う [tsùgúnáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝna̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

償(つぐな)う • (tsugunau) ←つぐなふ (tugunafu)?transitive godan (stem 償(つぐな)い (tsugunai), past 償(つぐな)った (tsugunatta))

  1. to compensate, make up for
  2. to recompense, atone for
    • 1995 June 1 [1993 April 17], Yōzaburō Kanari with Satō, Fumiya, “File 1: Opera Zakan Satsujin Jiken Go [File 1: The Opera House Murder Case #5]”, in Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo [Young Kindaichi Case Files], 14th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 186:
      あ(・)の(・)二(ふた)人(り)そして早乙女(こいつ)は死(し)んで償(つぐな)うべきなんだ‼
      ANO futari soshite koitsu wa shinde tsugunaubeki nanda‼
      THOSE two and this bitch must die for their crime!!
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • 償(つぐな)い金(きん) (tsugunaikin)
  • 相(あい)償(つぐな)う (aitsugunau)
  • 功罪(こうざい)相(あい)償(つぐな)う (kōzai ai tsugunau)
  • 早(はや)池(ち)峰(ね)大(おお)償(つぐない)神楽(かぐら) (Hayachine Ōtsugunai Kagura)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
償
つぐの
Grade: S
irregular

Verb

償(つぐの)う • (tsugunou) ←つぐのふ (tugunofu)?transitive godan (stem 償(つぐの)い (tsugunoi), past 償(つぐの)った (tsugunotta))

  1. (archaic, now nonstandard) Same as つぐなう (tsugunau) above
  2. (archaic, obsolete) to use, utilize
Derived terms
  • 償(つぐの)い金(きん) (tsugunoikin)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
償
まど
Grade: S
irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) まど​う [màdóꜜù] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠do̞ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

償(まど)う • (madou) ←まどふ (madofu)?transitive godan (stem 償(まど)い (madoi), past 償(まど)った (madotta))

  1. (dialectal) to compensate

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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