たやす

たやす

Japanese

Alternative spelling	絶やす

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たや​す [tàyáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ja̠sɨᵝ]

Verb

たやす • (tayasu) (transitive, godan conjugation, stem たやし (tayashi), past たやした (tayashita))

Japanese verb pair
active	絶 (た)やす
mediopassive	絶 (た)える

1. to exterminate[2]
2. to extinguish[2]

   火 (ひ)を絶 (た)やすな。

   Hi o tayasuna.

   Keep the fire burning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "たやす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	たやさ	tayasa
Continuative (連用形)	たやし	tayashi
Terminal (終止形)	たやす	tayasu
Attributive (連体形)	たやす	tayasu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	たやせ	tayase
Imperative (命令形)	たやせ	tayase
Key constructions
Passive	たやされる	tayasareru
Causative	たやさせる たやさす	tayasaseru tayasasu
Potential	たやせる	tayaseru
Volitional	たやそう	tayasō
Negative	たやさない	tayasanai
Negative continuative	たやさず	tayasazu
Formal	たやします	tayashimasu
Perfective	たやした	tayashita
Conjunctive	たやして	tayashite
Hypothetical conditional	たやせば	tayaseba

Classical conjugation of "たやす" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	たやさ		tayasa
Continuative (連用形)	たやし		tayasi
Terminal (終止形)	たやす		tayasu
Attributive (連体形)	たやす		tayasu
Realis (已然形)	たやせ		tayase
Imperative (命令形)	たやせ		tayase
Key constructions
Negative	たやさず		tayasazu
Contrasting conjunction	たやせど		tayasedo
Causal conjunction	たやせば		tayaseba
Conditional conjunction	たやさば		tayasaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	たやしき		tayasiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	たやしけり		tayasikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	たやしつ		tayasitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	たやしぬ		tayasinu
Perfect-continuative tense	たやせり たやしたり		tayaseri tayasitari

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. Taishukan's Genius Japanese-English Dictionary (in English), Tōkyō: Taishukan, 1998.