撒く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
撒
ま
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "撒く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		撒く ま​く
Imperative (命令形) 撒け ま​け
Key constructions
Passive 撒かれる まかれ​る
Causative 撒かせる まかせ​る
Potential 撒ける まけ​る
Volitional 撒こう まこ​ー
Negative 撒かない まか​ない
Negative perfective 撒かなかった まか​なかった
Formal 撒きます まきま​す
Perfective 撒いた ま​いた
Conjunctive 撒いて ま​いて
Hypothetical conditional 撒けば ま​けば

Verb

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

  1. to sprinkle; to scatter around
  2. to distribute; to spread
  3. to shake off (to lose someone who is tracking you)
    警察(けいさつ)を撒(ま)く
    keisatsu o maku
    to escape from the police

Conjugation

Conjugation of "撒く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 撒か まか maka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 撒き まき maki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 撒く まく maku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 撒く まく maku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 撒け まけ make
Meireikei ("imperative") 撒け まけ make
Key constructions
Passive 撒かれる まかれる makareru
Causative 撒かせる
撒かす 		まかせる
まかす 		makaseru
makasu
Potential 撒ける まける makeru
Volitional 撒こう まこう makō
Negative 撒かない まかない makanai
Negative continuative 撒かず まかず makazu
Formal 撒きます まきます makimasu
Perfective 撒いた まいた maita
Conjunctive 撒いて まいて maite
Hypothetical conditional 撒けば まけば makeba
Classical conjugation of "撒く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 撒か まか maka
Continuative (連用形) 撒き まき maki
Terminal (終止形) 撒く まく maku
Attributive (連体形) 撒く まく maku
Realis (已然形) 撒け まけ make
Imperative (命令形) 撒け まけ make
Key constructions
Negative 撒かず まかず makazu
Contrasting conjunction 撒けど まけど makedo
Causal conjunction 撒けば まけば makeba
Conditional conjunction 撒かば まかば makaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 撒きき まきき makiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 撒きけり まきけり makikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 撒きつ まきつ makitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 撒きぬ まきぬ makinu
Perfect-continuative tense 撒けり
撒きたり		 まけり
まきたり		 makeri
makitari
Volitional 撒かむ まかむ makamu

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References

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