巻く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
巻
ま
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
卷く (kyūjitai)
捲く

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "巻く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		巻く まく
Imperative (命令形) 巻け まけ
Key constructions
Passive 巻かれる まかれる
Causative 巻かせる まかせる
Potential 巻ける まける
Volitional 巻こう まこ​ー
Negative 巻かない まかない
Negative perfective 巻かなかった まかな​かった
Formal 巻きます まきま​す
Perfective 巻いた まいた
Conjunctive 巻いて まいて
Hypothetical conditional 巻けば まけ​ば

Verb

巻(ま)く • (maku) transitive godan (stem 巻(ま)き (maki), past 巻(ま)いた (maita))

  1. roll, coil, wind up
  2. wrap around
  3. tighten, wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of "巻く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 巻か まか maka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 巻き まき maki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 巻く まく maku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 巻く まく maku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 巻け まけ make
Meireikei ("imperative") 巻け まけ make
Key constructions
Passive 巻かれる まかれる makareru
Causative 巻かせる
巻かす 		まかせる
まかす 		makaseru
makasu
Potential 巻ける まける makeru
Volitional 巻こう まこう makō
Negative 巻かない まかない makanai
Negative continuative 巻かず まかず makazu
Formal 巻きます まきます makimasu
Perfective 巻いた まいた maita
Conjunctive 巻いて まいて maite
Hypothetical conditional 巻けば まけば makeba
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