喫する|きっするkissuru[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto eat; to drink; to smoke; to take
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 喫する（きっする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 喫します（きっします） |
| Negative (nai) | 喫しない（きっしない） |
| polite (masen) | 喫しません（きっしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 喫せず・喫せぬ（きっせず・きっせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 喫した（きっした） |
| polite (mashita) | 喫しました（きっしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 喫しなかった（きっしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 喫しませんでした（きっしませんでした） |
| Te form | 喫して（きっして） |
| Potential | 喫できる（きっできる） |
| Passive | 喫される（きっされる） |
| Causative | 喫させる（きっさせる） |
| Causative passive | 喫させられる（きっさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 喫すれば（きっすれば） |
| tara | 喫したら（きっしたら） |
| Volitional | 喫しよう（きっしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 喫しましょう（きっしましょう） |
| Imperative | 喫しろ（きっしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym食うくうCasualA casual, rough word for eating; 「喫する」 is written style, now used mostly for suffering, as in 「一敗を喫する」.
- Synonym食らうくらうCasualColloquial and coarse: wolfing down food or drink, also taking a hit, as in 「パンチを食らう」 — the opposite in tone of written 「喫する」.
- Synonym食べるたべるNeutralThe everyday neutral word for eating; it has no sense of suffering, whereas 「喫する」 is now used mostly for suffering defeat.
- Synonym召し上がるめしあがるFormalHonorific language for someone else's eating or drinking; 「喫する」 has no honorific coloring — it is simply a written-style word.
- Synonym食するしょくするWrittenWritten and dignified, for eating or consuming; like 「喫する」 it belongs to formal prose, but it has no sense of suffering.
- SynonymはむWrittenArchaic and rare today: said of cattle or horses grazing, or of living on a stipend; not used for smoking, drinking tea, or suffering.
- Related吸うすうNeutralEveryday verb for inhaling or smoking, as in 「タバコを吸う」; in the smoking sense 「喫する」 is its written-style counterpart.
- RelatedかぶるWrittenTo suffer damage or receive favors, as in 「被害を被る」; the suffering of 「喫する」 is chiefly defeat or crushing defeat.
- RelatedふかすCasualColloquial: puffing on a cigarette, also revving an engine or putting on airs, as in 「先輩風を吹かす」; no sense of suffering.
- RelatedいただくFormalHumble language for eating, drinking or receiving, used of one's own side; 「喫する」 is written style with no humble or honorific coloring.
- Antonym吐くはくNeutralNeutral: to spit out or vomit — the opposite direction from 「喫する」, which takes food or smoke into the mouth.
「喫する」 is a written-style word, used in formal prose for suffering defeat and the like, as in 「惨敗を喫する」. For everyday eating say 「食べる」, for smoking 「吸う」, for suffering 「被る」 or 「食らう」, and for the honorific 「召し上がる」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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