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) まく (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「巻く」

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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))

roll, coil, wind up
wrap around
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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