剥く

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See also: 剥ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
剥
む
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
剝く (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "剥く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		剥く むく
Imperative (命令形) 剥け むけ
Key constructions
Passive 剥かれる むかれる
Causative 剥かせる むかせる
Potential 剥ける むける
Volitional 剥こう むこ​ー
Negative 剥かない むかない
Negative perfective 剥かなかった むかな​かった
Formal 剥きます むきま​す
Perfective 剥いた むいた
Conjunctive 剥いて むいて
Hypothetical conditional 剥けば むけ​ば

Verb

剥(む)く • (muku) transitive godan (stem 剥(む)き (muki), past 剥(む)いた (muita))

Japanese verb pair
active 剥く
mediopassive 剥ける
  1. peel

Conjugation

Conjugation of "剥く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 剥か むか muka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 剥き むき muki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 剥く むく muku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 剥く むく muku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 剥け むけ muke
Meireikei ("imperative") 剥け むけ muke
Key constructions
Passive 剥かれる むかれる mukareru
Causative 剥かせる
剥かす 		むかせる
むかす 		mukaseru
mukasu
Potential 剥ける むける mukeru
Volitional 剥こう むこう mukō
Negative 剥かない むかない mukanai
Negative continuative 剥かず むかず mukazu
Formal 剥きます むきます mukimasu
Perfective 剥いた むいた muita
Conjunctive 剥いて むいて muite
Hypothetical conditional 剥けば むけば mukeba
Classical conjugation of "剥く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 剥か むか muka
Continuative (連用形) 剥き むき muki
Terminal (終止形) 剥く むく muku
Attributive (連体形) 剥く むく muku
Realis (已然形) 剥け むけ muke
Imperative (命令形) 剥け むけ muke
Key constructions
Negative 剥かず むかず mukazu
Contrasting conjunction 剥けど むけど mukedo
Causal conjunction 剥けば むけば mukeba
Conditional conjunction 剥かば むかば mukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 剥きき むきき mukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 剥きけり むきけり mukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 剥きつ むきつ mukitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 剥きぬ むきぬ mukinu
Perfect-continuative tense 剥けり
剥きたり		 むけり
むきたり		 mukeri
mukitari
Volitional 剥かむ むかむ mukamu
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