懐く

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
懐
なつ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
懷く (kyūjitai)

From 馴れ付く (naretsuku, literally “to be attached intimately”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「懐く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		懐く なつく
Imperative (命令形) 懐け なつけ
Key constructions
Passive 懐かれる なつかれる
Causative 懐かせる なつかせる
Potential 懐ける なつける
Volitional 懐こう なつこー
Negative 懐かない なつかない
Negative perfective 懐かなかった なつかなかった
Formal 懐きます なつきます
Perfective 懐いた なついた
Conjunctive 懐いて なついて
Hypothetical conditional 懐けば なつけば

Verb

懐(なつ)く • (natsuku) transitive godan (stem 懐(なつ)き (natsuki), past 懐(なつ)いた (natsuita))

  1. to become attached emotionally or fondly
Conjugation
Conjugation of "懐く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 懐か なつか natsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 懐き なつき natsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 懐く なつく natsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 懐く なつく natsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 懐け なつけ natsuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 懐け なつけ natsuke
Key constructions
Passive 懐かれる なつかれる natsukareru
Causative 懐かせる
懐かす 		なつかせる
なつかす 		natsukaseru
natsukasu
Potential 懐ける なつける natsukeru
Volitional 懐こう なつこう natsukō
Negative 懐かない なつかない natsukanai
Negative continuative 懐かず なつかず natsukazu
Formal 懐きます なつきます natsukimasu
Perfective 懐いた なついた natsuita
Conjunctive 懐いて なついて natsuite
Hypothetical conditional 懐けば なつけば natsukeba

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
懐
なず
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
懷く (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

懐(なず)く • (nazuku) ←なづく (naduku)?transitive godan (stem 懐(なず)き (nazuki), past 懐(なず)いた (nazuita))

  1. synonym of 懐く (natsuku)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "懐く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 懐か なずか nazuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 懐き なずき nazuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 懐く なずく nazuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 懐く なずく nazuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 懐け なずけ nazuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 懐け なずけ nazuke
Key constructions
Passive 懐かれる なずかれる nazukareru
Causative 懐かせる
懐かす 		なずかせる
なずかす 		nazukaseru
nazukasu
Potential 懐ける なずける nazukeru
Volitional 懐こう なずこう nazukō
Negative 懐かない なずかない nazukanai
Negative continuative 懐かず なずかず nazukazu
Formal 懐きます なずきます nazukimasu
Perfective 懐いた なずいた nazuita
Conjunctive 懐いて なずいて nazuite
Hypothetical conditional 懐けば なずけば nazukeba

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
懐
いだ
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
懷く (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
懐
うだ
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
懷く (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 懐く – see the following entry.
【抱いだく】
to hold something in mind, to harbor some feeling about, to entertain a thought about
(literary) to embrace, hug, hold in one's arms
Alternative spelling
擁く
【抱うだく】
(obsolete) to hug, embrace
to hold something in mind, to harbor some feeling about, to entertain a thought about
(This term, 懐く, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 , Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
  2. ^ “懐く”, in デジタル大辞泉 ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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