す

Etymology 1
.

Pronunciation

 * During the period from through, the pronunciation may have ranged between  and .  There are some  spellings that use , deriving from 🇨🇬.

Etymology 2
From. Found in the ' of 712, and included in the ' with the phonetic  spelling. In turn, from.

Noun

 * 1)  nest, hive, den

Etymology 3
From, from. Ultimate derivation.
 * Perhaps a native Japanese term, with the su reading somehow related to the way that very sour things cause one to pucker.
 * Alternatively, from . Borrowed earlier (vinegar was historically introduced to Japan in the 300-400s from China) than the systematic introduction of kanji, thus later mistaken as a native Japanese term. Compare modern 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  vinegar

Derived terms

 * : sour
 * : sour
 * : sour
 * ,, : sushi
 * : sweet-and-sour pork

Idioms

 * : “vinegar is excessive, too much vinegar” → doing too much, being excessive
 * : “cutting something with vinegar and swallowing it down” → in reference with the ease of cutting a fish, dipping it in vinegar, and eating it: doing something very simple
 * , : “by vinegar or by cooking wine”, “by vinegar or by konjac” → something that cannot be done in the usual fashion, or cannot be done easily
 * , : “with regard to vinegar and flour”, “about vinegar and flour” → about something, about various things; from time to time
 * ,, , : “about/in vinegar and flour”, “about/in vinegar and salt”, “about/in vinegar and octopus”, “about/in vinegar and miso” → about anything, in anything
 * , : “of vinegar, of flour”, “of vinegar, of konjac” → of anything, belonging to anything
 * , : “to buy vinegar”, “to beg vinegar” → to lose goodwill through excessive sycophancy, to anger someone by saying more than one should; to agitate or instigate, to stir things up

Etymology 4
From.

Possibly a loanword from.

Noun

 * 1)  sandbank, sandbar

Etymology 5
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to do
 * 2)  to cause, become

Etymology 6
The original form of the causative ending. Ultimately cognate with, the ancient form of modern.

In a modern synchronic analysis, sometimes analyzed as a

Etymology 1
From.

Verb

 * 1) to do
 * 2) to happen, occur
 * 3) to be in a state of something
 * 1) to be in a state of something

Descendants

 * Kagoshima dialect:
 * Kagoshima dialect:

Etymology 2
Attaches to of  and  verbs.

Etymology 3
Possibly cognate with modern 🇨🇬.