俯く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うつむ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「うつむく
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
うつむく つむ
つむく

Imperative (命令形) うつむけ つむ
つむけ

Key constructions
Passive うつむかれる つむかれ
つむかれる

Causative うつむかせる つむかせ
つむかせる

Potential うつむける つむけ
つむける

Volitional うつむこう つむこ
Negative うつむかない つむかない
つむかない

Negative perfective うつむかなかった つむかなかった
つむかなかった

Formal うつむきます つむきま
Perfective うつむいた つむいた
つむいた

Conjunctive うつむいて つむいて
つむいて

Hypothetical conditional うつむけば つむけば
つむけ

Verb

(うつむ) (utsumukuintransitive godan (stem (うつむ) (utsumuki), past (うつむ)いた (utsumuita))

  1. cast one's eyes down, have downcast eyes
    • 1956, 橘外男, 墓が呼んでいる:
      ぼんやりと(うつむ)いて(ある)いていましたから、もう、(むすめ)(なに)()いたかを、(おぼ)えておりません。
      Bon'yari to utsumuite aruite imashita kara, mō, musume ga nani o kiita ka o, oboete orimasen.
      I was just walking absentmindedly with my eyes downcast, so I can't recall anymore what the girl asked.
  2. let one's head droop

Conjugation

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