きたす

Japanese

Alternative spelling
来す
Japanese verb pair
active きたす
mediopassive (きた)

Etymology

From () (ki, continuative form of 来る (kuru, to come)) + (いた) (itasu). Causative form of 来る (kitaru, to come, to arrive).

Pronunciation

Verb

きたす • (kitasugodan (stem きたし (kitashi), past きたした (kitashita))

  1. to bring about
    ()()()(つう)()(しょう)きたす
    ishi sotsū ni shishō o kitasu
    to cause difficulties in understanding each other

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN