霞む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かす
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • (become blurry, get dim, blur, play weakly): 翳む

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

From stem kasu-, whereas the adjective 微か (kasuka, faint, dim) and adverb かすかす (kasukasu, barely).

Pronunciation

Verb 1

霞む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かすむ, rōmaji kasumu)

  1. to grow hazy, to be misty
    • 905914, Kokin Wakashū (book 4, poem 210)
       (はる) (がすみ)かすみていにしかりがねは (いま)ぞなくなる (あき) (ぎり) (うへ)
      harugasumi kasumite inishi karigane wa ima zo nakunaru akigiri no ue ni
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. to become blurry, especially when tears come out
  3. to get dim
  4. to be overshadowed

Conjugation

Derived terms

Verb 2

霞む (transitive, shimo nidan conjugation, hiragana かすむ, rōmaji kasumu)

  1. (archaic) to blur
  2. (theater, archaic) in kabuki, for the 下座 (geza) musicians to play weakly and quietly

Conjugation

Derived terms

  •  (かす)める (kasumeru, modern form)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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