まく

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Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Verb

まく • (maku) transitive godan (stem まき (maki), past まいた (maita))

  1. 巻く, 捲く: to roll something
  2. 枕く, 婚く, 纏く: to make something into a pillow; to sleep together, to have sex; to get married

Verb

まく • (maku) †nidan

  1. 任く, 罷く: (classical) to appoint someone to an official position; to banish someone
  2. 負く: (classical) to lose something (such as a game, competition, or battle)
  3. 設く: (classical) to prepare something, to set something up

Pronunciation 2

Verb

まく • (maku) transitive godan (stem まき (maki), past まいた (maita))

  1. 播く, 蒔く: to sow seeds (also figurative); to scatter something; to pay out (especially to multiple people); to turn someone out (so that they do not return)
  2. 蒔く: (arts) to scatter powdered gold or silver for 蒔絵 (makie)
  3. 撒く: to scatter something around; to shake off

Pronunciation 3

Noun

まく • (maku) 

  1. 幕: screen, curtain
  2. 膜: film, membrane

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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