| Word form | kushami |
| Original script | 嚔する |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | noun “sneeze”. Originally a protective word against the superstitious belief that sneezing would shorten one’s life. |
| Grammatical info | Do-support. |
| Comments on word | Original form kusame, present form first attested in 日葡辞書 (1603). |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Middle Japanese [21] (1185–1603) |
| Lexical stratum | wago |
| Year | 名語記 (1275) |
| Register | General |