もみほぐす

Japanese
Alternative spellings
揉み解す
揉みほぐす

Etymology

From 揉(も)み (momi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 揉(も)む (momu, “to knead”)) + ほぐす (hogusu, “to relieve bodily stiffness”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もみほぐ​す [mòmíhógúꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞mʲiho̞ɡɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝ]

Verb

もみほぐす • (momihogusu) transitive godan (stem もみほぐし (momihogushi), past もみほぐした (momihogushita))

  1. to massage away (bodily stiffness)
    肩(かた)こりを揉(も)みほぐす
    katakori o momihogusu
    to massage away shoulder stiffness

Conjugation
Conjugation of "もみほぐす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もみほぐさ momihogusa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もみほぐし momihogushi
Shūshikei ("terminal") もみほぐす momihogusu
Rentaikei ("attributive") もみほぐす momihogusu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もみほぐせ momihoguse
Meireikei ("imperative") もみほぐせ momihoguse
Key constructions
Passive もみほぐされる momihogusareru
Causative もみほぐさせる
もみほぐさす		 momihogusaseru
momihogusasu
Potential もみほぐせる momihoguseru
Volitional もみほぐそう momihogusō
Negative もみほぐさない momihogusanai
Negative continuative もみほぐさず momihogusazu
Formal もみほぐします momihogushimasu
Perfective もみほぐした momihogushita
Conjunctive もみほぐして momihogushite
Hypothetical conditional もみほぐせば momihoguseba

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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
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