くさ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
2. to corrode; to weather; to crumble
3. to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
4. to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
5. to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, る)
Usually written in kana
Kansai-ben
6. to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to
after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action
Archaic
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
7. to lose a bet
8. to be drenched; to become sopping wet
Pitch accent
Top 16500
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up
Examples (22 in total)
The meat has gone bad.
Half of the apples are rotten.
This banana went bad.
Bad milk tastes sour.
Eggs go bad quickly in the summer.
All our food was rotten.
This food smells rotten.
This meat smells bad.
He is rotten to the core.
That organization is corrupt to its core.
This town's way of thinking is rotten.
That organization is corrupt to the core.
The oranges in this bag are rotten.
Salt prevents food from perishing.
Food decays quickly in hot weather.
Half of the bananas in the basket were rotten.
When I opened the refrigerator, I noticed the meat had spoiled.
Some apples rotted on the tree.
Put the meat in the refrigerator or it will spoil.
During hot season, perishables go bad easily.
I bought it thinking it was cheap, but it was rotten, so I ended up losing out.
There were many rotten apples in the basket.