咲く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
咲
さ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "咲く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		咲く さく
Imperative (命令形) 咲け さけ
Key constructions
Passive 咲かれる さかれる
Causative 咲かせる さかせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 咲こう さこ​ー
Negative 咲かない さかない
Negative perfective 咲かなかった さかな​かった
Formal 咲きます さきま​す
Perfective 咲いた さいた
Conjunctive 咲いて さいて
Hypothetical conditional 咲けば さけ​ば

Verb

咲(さ)く • (saku) intransitive godan (stem 咲(さ)き (saki), past 咲(さ)いた (saita))

  1. to bloom
    Antonym: 散る (chiru)
    花(はな)が咲(さ)いている
    hana ga saite iru
    the flowers are blooming
  2. to make white waves appear

Conjugation

Conjugation of "咲く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 咲か さか saka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 咲き さき saki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 咲く さく saku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 咲く さく saku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 咲け さけ sake
Meireikei ("imperative") 咲け さけ sake
Key constructions
Passive 咲かれる さかれる sakareru
Causative 咲かせる
咲かす 		さかせる
さかす 		sakaseru
sakasu
Potential 咲ける さける sakeru
Volitional 咲こう さこう sakō
Negative 咲かない さかない sakanai
Negative continuative 咲かず さかず sakazu
Formal 咲きます さきます sakimasu
Perfective 咲いた さいた saita
Conjunctive 咲いて さいて saite
Hypothetical conditional 咲けば さけば sakeba
Classical conjugation of "咲く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 咲か さか saka
Continuative (連用形) 咲き さき saki
Terminal (終止形) 咲く さく saku
Attributive (連体形) 咲く さく saku
Realis (已然形) 咲け さけ sake
Imperative (命令形) 咲け さけ sake
Key constructions
Negative 咲かず さかず sakazu
Contrasting conjunction 咲けど さけど sakedo
Causal conjunction 咲けば さけば sakeba
Conditional conjunction 咲かば さかば sakaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 咲きき さきき sakiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 咲きけり さきけり sakikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 咲きつ さきつ sakitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 咲きぬ さきぬ sakinu
Perfect-continuative tense 咲けり
咲きたり		 さけり
さきたり		 sakeri
sakitari
Volitional 咲かむ さかむ sakamu

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

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