Lingaku荒む【すさむ】
Frequency rank: 22,273. – 22,386. (for form 進む: 324.)
- to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate
- to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)
- to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severeusu. after -masu stem
Godan verb with 'mu' ending; intransitive verb
Godan verb with 'mu' ending; auxiliary verb
Forms
- 荒む【すさむ】Frequency rank: 22,273. – 22,386.
- 進む【すさむ】Frequency rank: 324.
- 遊む【すさむ】
- すさむFrequency rank: 51,357. – 52,626.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate
- to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)
- to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
This meaning is used to describe when something becomes overgrown, neglected, or deteriorated.
The garden is overgrown.
The buildings in the town are falling into disrepair.
This meaning is used to describe when the quality of art, craft, or skill decreases or loses its refinement.
It is said that recent works are lacking refinement.
This meaning is used to express when something such as wind or rain becomes stronger or more severe.
Generated collocations (experimental)
すさむ荒むこころ心a wild or degenerate heart/mindすさんだ荒んだせいかつ生活a rough or degenerate lifestyleぎじゅつ技術がすさむ荒むskills deteriorateすさむ荒むかぜ風intensified windすさんだ荒んだかんじょう感情rough or unrefined emotionsかんきょう環境がすさむ荒むthe environment becomes deterioratedすさんだ荒んださくひん作品a work that has lost its refinementこころ心がすさむ荒むthe heart becomes rough or embitteredすさんだ荒んだじだい時代a degenerate or harsh eraすさむ荒むび美the deterioration of beauty or art
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
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