屈する|くっするkussuru[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto yield; to give in; to be daunted; to shrink
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto bend (knee, etc.)
- suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto subdue; to overpower
- suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto feel down
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 屈する（くっする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 屈します（くっします） |
| Negative (nai) | 屈しない（くっしない） |
| polite (masen) | 屈しません（くっしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 屈せず・屈せぬ（くっせず・くっせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 屈した（くっした） |
| polite (mashita) | 屈しました（くっしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 屈しなかった（くっしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 屈しませんでした（くっしませんでした） |
| Te form | 屈して（くっして） |
| Potential | 屈できる（くっできる） |
| Passive | 屈される（くっされる） |
| Causative | 屈させる（くっさせる） |
| Causative passive | 屈させられる（くっさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 屈すれば（くっすれば） |
| tara | 屈したら（くっしたら） |
| Volitional | 屈しよう（くっしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 屈しましょう（くっしましょう） |
| Imperative | 屈しろ（くっしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym服するふくするWrittenWritten/formal: obeying, serving a sentence or mourning, e.g. 「刑に服する」. 「屈する」 stresses being crushed by pressure into yielding.
- Synonym折れるおれるNeutralMeans to snap or break, and figuratively to back down, as in 「相手が折れる」; a milder, more conciliatory tone than 「屈する」.
- Synonym降参こうさんNeutralColloquial: surrendering or admitting defeat, also being stumped by a problem; the focus is on conceding loss.
- Related服従ふくじゅうWrittenWritten/formal: obeying commands, the emphasis on following orders; 「屈する」 stresses being forced to yield.
- Related帰順きじゅんWrittenWritten/formal: a rebel returning to allegiance; the emphasis is on repenting and switching sides, not on yielding to pressure.
- Related曲げるまげるNeutralTo bend something, also figuratively to compromise one's principles, as in 「信念を曲げる」.
- RelatedしゃがむNeutralColloquial: squatting or crouching; purely about body posture.
- RelatedかがむNeutralBending or crouching the body, purely a physical action; it never expresses yielding.
- RelatedかがめるNeutralTransitive: bending down or flexing the knees; purely physical, like 「屈む」.
- RelatedしなるWrittenWritten/formal: bending flexibly without breaking, like bamboo that 「しなる」; no sense of yielding to pressure.
- RelatedしなうWrittenWritten/formal: an alternate form of 「撓る」 with the same supple, flexible bending.
- Related蹲むつくなむWrittenArchaic and rarely used: squatting or crouching low.
- Related屈まるかがまるNeutralA bent back or waist, often said of the elderly; purely physical.
- Antonym抗するこうするWrittenWritten/formal: to resist or defy, the opposite of 「屈する」's yielding.
- Antonym屈しないWrittenThe negative form: not yielding, the direct opposite of 「屈する」.
Use 「屈する」 for bowing to pressure or temptation, as in 「圧力に屈する」「誘惑に屈しない」. For surrender or admitting defeat pick 「降参」, for backing down 「折れる」, for bending the body 「屈む」, and for resisting 「抗する」.
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