蹲る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蹲
うずくま
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
踞る

Etymology

The うず(uzu) element is also found in 蹲(うず)居(い) (uzui).[1][2]

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Pronunciation

Verb

蹲(うずくま)る • (uzukumaru) intransitive godan (stem 蹲(うずくま)り (uzukumari), past 蹲(うずくま)った (uzukumatta))

  1. crouch
  2. squat

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “蹲る”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. 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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