わく

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
枠

Pronunciation

Noun

わく • (waku) 

  1. frame (such as a picture frame)
  2. box; border (of a box)
    コマ枠(わく)
    komawaku
    borders of a comic frame
  3. timeslot
    放(ほう)送(そう)枠(わく)
    hōsōwaku
    program block; broadcast slot
    雑談(ざつだん)枠(わく)
    zatsudan-waku
    idle chatting time (of a livestream)
  4. limit, restriction
Descendants
  • → Korean: 와꾸 (wakku, “facial appearance; framework”)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
湧く
涌く
沸く

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「湧く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		湧く わく
Imperative (命令形) 湧け わけ
Key constructions
Passive 湧かれる わかれる
Causative 湧かせる わかせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 湧こう わこー
Negative 湧かない わかない
Negative perfective 湧かなかった わかなかった
Formal 湧きます わきます
Perfective 湧いた わいた
Conjunctive 湧いて わいて
Hypothetical conditional 湧けば わけば
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「沸く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		沸く わく
Imperative (命令形) 沸け わけ
Key constructions
Passive 沸かれる わかれる
Causative 沸かせる わかせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 沸こう わこー
Negative 沸かない わかない
Negative perfective 沸かなかった わかなかった
Formal 沸きます わきます
Perfective 沸いた わいた
Conjunctive 沸いて わいて
Hypothetical conditional 沸けば わけば

Verb

わく • (waku) intransitive godan (stem わき (waki), past わいた (waita))

Japanese verb pair
active 湧かす
mediopassive 湧く
Japanese verb pair
active 沸かす
mediopassive 沸く
  1. 湧く, 涌く: water and so on to spring, gush, well up
  2. 湧く, 涌く: to feel emotions form, such as bravery
    親(しん)近(きん)感(かん)が湧(わ)いてきた。
    Shinkinkan ga waitekita.
    I felt a sense of affinity well up. / A sense of affinity has welled up.
  3. 沸く: to boil
  4. 沸く: (figuratively) to boom
    国(こく)内(ない)生(せい)産(さん)も沸(わ)く
    kokunai seisan mo waku
    domestic production is also booming
  5. 沸く: to be excited
Conjugation
Conjugation of "わく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") わか waka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") わき waki
Shūshikei ("terminal") わく waku
Rentaikei ("attributive") わく waku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") わけ wake
Meireikei ("imperative") わけ wake
Key constructions
Passive わかれる wakareru
Causative わかせる
わかす 		wakaseru
wakasu
Potential わける wakeru
Volitional わこう wakō
Negative わかない wakanai
Negative continuative わかず wakazu
Formal わきます wakimasu
Perfective わいた waita
Conjunctive わいて waite
Hypothetical conditional わけば wakeba
Classical conjugation of "わく" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) わか waka
Continuative (連用形) わき waki
Terminal (終止形) わく waku
Attributive (連体形) わく waku
Realis (已然形) わけ wake
Imperative (命令形) わけ wake
Key constructions
Negative わかず wakazu
Contrasting conjunction わけど wakedo
Causal conjunction わけば wakeba
Conditional conjunction わかば wakaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) わきき wakiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) わきけり wakikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) わきつ wakitu
Perfect tense (natural event) わきぬ wakinu
Perfect-continuative tense わけり
わきたり		 wakeri
wakitari
Volitional わかむ wakamu
Synonyms
Derived terms

See also

References

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