EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 34
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)

    これらのオレンジは腐っている。
    These oranges have gone bad.
  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

    see 気が腐るsee きがくさる

  6. Auxiliary verb, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to

    Usually written using kana aloneKansai dialectafter the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's actionsee やがる

  7. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to lose a bet

    Archaic

  8. to be drenched; to become sopping wet

    Archaic

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rot, decay, sour

Kun
くさ.る-くさ.るくさ.れるくさ.れくさ.らすくさ.す
On
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1225 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 34

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-3-11SKIP code
3q11.3The Kanji Dictionary
0022.7Four corner code
553deroo
8150Unicode hex code
1-41-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1532Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4835New Nelson (John Haig)
3162New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3921Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2022Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2729Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1023Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1099Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1400A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1378Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29625Morohashi
1755A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1245Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1312Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1679Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1727Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1730Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1011Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1032Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu3Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level