ふける

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
更ける
深ける
老ける
化ける

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "更ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		更ける ふけ​る
Imperative (命令形) 更けろ ふけ​ろ
Key constructions
Passive 更けられる ふけられ​る
Causative 更けさせる ふけさせ​る
Potential - - -
Volitional 更けよう ふけよ​ー
Negative 更けない ふけ​ない
Negative perfective 更けなかった ふけ​なかった
Formal 更けます ふけま​す
Perfective 更けた ふ​けた
Conjunctive 更けて ふ​けて
Hypothetical conditional 更ければ ふけ​れば
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "老ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		老ける ふけ​る
Imperative (命令形) 老けろ ふけ​ろ
Key constructions
Passive 老けられる ふけられ​る
Causative 老けさせる ふけさせ​る
Potential - - -
Volitional 老けよう ふけよ​ー
Negative 老けない ふけ​ない
Negative perfective 老けなかった ふけ​なかった
Formal 老けます ふけま​す
Perfective 老けた ふ​けた
Conjunctive 老けて ふ​けて
Hypothetical conditional 老ければ ふけ​れば

Verb

ふける • (fukeru) intransitive ichidan (stem ふけ (fuke), past ふけた (fuketa))

  1. 更ける, 深ける: to get late, to get deep (for night, season, etc.)
  2. 老ける, 化ける: to age; to become old
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ふける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ふけ fuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ふけ fuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") ふける fukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ふける fukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ふけれ fukere
Meireikei ("imperative") ふけよ¹
ふけろ² 		fukeyo¹
fukero²
Key constructions
Passive ふけられる fukerareru
Causative ふけさせる
ふけさす 		fukesaseru
fukesasu
Potential ふけられる
ふけれる³ 		fukerareru
fukereru³
Volitional ふけよう fukeyō
Negative ふけない
ふけぬ
ふけん 		fukenai
fukenu
fuken
Negative continuative ふけず fukezu
Formal ふけます fukemasu
Perfective ふけた fuketa
Conjunctive ふけて fukete
Hypothetical conditional ふければ fukereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
耽る

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Pronunciation

Verb

ふける • (fukeru) intransitive godan (stem ふけり (fukeri), past ふけった (fuketta))

  1. indulge in, be absorbed in
Conjugation
Conjugation of "ふける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ふけら fukera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ふけり fukeri
Shūshikei ("terminal") ふける fukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ふける fukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ふけれ fukere
Meireikei ("imperative") ふけれ fukere
Key constructions
Passive ふけられる fukerareru
Causative ふけらせる
ふけらす 		fukeraseru
fukerasu
Potential ふけれる fukereru
Volitional ふけろう fukerō
Negative ふけらない fukeranai
Negative continuative ふけらず fukerazu
Formal ふけります fukerimasu
Perfective ふけった fuketta
Conjunctive ふけって fukette
Hypothetical conditional ふければ fukereba
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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