"なす" meaning in All languages combined

See なす on Wiktionary

SOFT REDIRECT [Japanese]

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-なす-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [na̠sɨ] Forms: なす transitive godan [canonical], nasu [romanization], なし [stem], なした [past], 為す [alternative, kanji], 成す [alternative, kanji], 済す [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: From Proto-Japonic *nas-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*nas-}} Proto-Japonic *nas- Head templates: {{ja-verb|なす|tr=trans|type=1}} なす • (nasu) transitive godan (stem なし (nashi), past なした (nashita))
  1. to accomplish
    Sense id: en-なす-ja-verb-~8vFKHvJ Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -su Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 29 29 21 21
  2. to accomplish
    済す: to fulfill one's obligations, to pay back debt
    Sense id: en-なす-ja-verb-L2A~QL5m Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -su, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 60 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 29 29 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 23 32 23 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 49 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 49 16 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 20 60 10 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 28 41 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 46 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 73 9 9
  3. to form
    Sense id: en-なす-ja-verb-DRxiWnYy Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -su Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 29 29 21 21
  4. 生す: to bear; to give birth to Synonyms: 生む
    Sense id: en-なす-ja-verb-WoJ8ZVPS Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -su Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -su: 29 29 21 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 成し遂げる (nashitogeru) (ruby: (), ()), 重きをなす (omoki o nasu) (ruby: (おも))
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "pay back",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for なす meaning in All languages combined (3.1kB)

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