妬く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
妬
Grade: S
irregular

Verb

妬(や)く • (yaku) godan (stem 妬(や)き (yaki), past 妬(や)いた (yaita))

  1. Alternative spelling of 焼く (yaku): to envy, be jealous (of)
    • 2018 September 24, “Ore no onna ni chikazuku-na! [Don’t go near my girl!]”, in Koi memo‎:
      女(じょ)性(せい)の場(ば)合(あい)、やきもちを妬(や)くと彼(か)氏(れし)にあたったり、明(あき)らかに態(たい)度(ど)を変(か)えたりしますが男(だん)性(せい)の場(ば)合(あい)は、やきもちを妬(や)いているということを知(し)られたらカッコ悪(わる)いと思(おも)っている人(ひと)が多(おお)い
      Josei no baai, yakimochi o yaku to kareshi ni atattari, akiraka ni taido o kaetari shimasu ga dansei no baai wa, yakimochi o yaite-iru to iu koto o shiraretara kakko warui to omotte-iru hito ga ōi
      If it’s a woman who is jealous of a boyfriend, many people think her change in attitude is natural, but if they hear about a man being jealous they think that is uncool.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "妬く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 妬か やか yaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 妬き やき yaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 妬く やく yaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 妬く やく yaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 妬け やけ yake
Meireikei ("imperative") 妬け やけ yake
Key constructions
Passive 妬かれる やかれる yakareru
Causative 妬かせる
妬かす 		やかせる
やかす 		yakaseru
yakasu
Potential 妬ける やける yakeru
Volitional 妬こう やこう yakō
Negative 妬かない やかない yakanai
Negative continuative 妬かず やかず yakazu
Formal 妬きます やきます yakimasu
Perfective 妬いた やいた yaita
Conjunctive 妬いて やいて yaite
Hypothetical conditional 妬けば やけば yakeba
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