ふす

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
伏す 臥す

Alternative forms

• (to lie down): ふせる (fuseru)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふす [fúꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟sɨ]

• (Tokyo) ふす [fùsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2]) non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊sɨ]

Verb

ふす • (fusu) ^{←ふす (fusu)?}

Japanese verb pair
active	伏せる
mediopassive	伏す
"to bend down"

1. 伏す: to bend down
2. 臥す, 伏す: to lie down in bed

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ふす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ふさ	fusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ふし	fushi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ふす	fusu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ふす	fusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ふせ	fuse
Meireikei ("imperative")	ふせ	fuse
Key constructions
Passive	ふされる	fusareru
Causative	ふさせる ふさす	fusaseru fusasu
Potential	ふせる	fuseru
Volitional	ふそう	fusō
Negative	ふさない	fusanai
Negative continuative	ふさず	fusazu
Formal	ふします	fushimasu
Perfective	ふした	fushita
Conjunctive	ふして	fushite
Hypothetical conditional	ふせば	fuseba

Derived terms

• 突(つ)っ伏(ぷ)す (tsuppusu)
• 臥(ふ)し所(ど) (fushido)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ふす – see the following entry.

【付す】 [verb] attach Alternative spelling 附す

(This term, ふす (fusu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ふす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふす.)