渇く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
渇
かわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
渴く (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Related to 乾(かわ)く (kawaku, “dry”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "渇く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		渇く かわく
Imperative (命令形) 渇け かわけ
Key constructions
Passive 渇かれる かわかれる
Causative 渇かせる かわかせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 渇こう かわこー
Negative 渇かない かわかない
Negative perfective 渇かなかった かわかなかった
Formal 渇きます かわきます
Perfective 渇いた かわいた
Conjunctive 渇いて かわいて
Hypothetical conditional 渇けば かわけば

Verb

渇(かわ)く • (kawaku) ←かわく (kawaku)?intransitive godan (stem 渇(かわ)き (kawaki), past 渇(かわ)いた (kawaita))

  1. be thirsty

Conjugation

Conjugation of "渇く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 渇か かわか kawaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 渇き かわき kawaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 渇く かわく kawaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 渇く かわく kawaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 渇け かわけ kawake
Meireikei ("imperative") 渇け かわけ kawake
Key constructions
Passive 渇かれる かわかれる kawakareru
Causative 渇かせる
渇かす 		かわかせる
かわかす 		kawakaseru
kawakasu
Potential 渇ける かわける kawakeru
Volitional 渇こう かわこう kawakō
Negative 渇かない かわかない kawakanai
Negative continuative 渇かず かわかず kawakazu
Formal 渇きます かわきます kawakimasu
Perfective 渇いた かわいた kawaita
Conjunctive 渇いて かわいて kawaite
Hypothetical conditional 渇けば かわけば kawakeba
Classical conjugation of "渇く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 渇か かわか kawaka
Continuative (連用形) 渇き かわき kawaki
Terminal (終止形) 渇く かわく kawaku
Attributive (連体形) 渇く かわく kawaku
Realis (已然形) 渇け かわけ kawake
Imperative (命令形) 渇け かわけ kawake
Key constructions
Negative 渇かず かわかず kawakazu
Contrasting conjunction 渇けど かわけど kawakedo
Causal conjunction 渇けば かわけば kawakeba
Conditional conjunction 渇かば かわかば kawakaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 渇きき かわきき kawakiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 渇きけり かわきけり kawakikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 渇きつ かわきつ kawakitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 渇きぬ かわきぬ kawakinu
Perfect-continuative tense 渇けり
渇きたり		 かわけり
かわきたり		 kawakeri
kawakitari
Volitional 渇かむ かわかむ kawakamu

Derived terms

References

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