焚く

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
焚
た
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Verb

焚(た)く • (taku) transitive godan (stem 焚(た)き (taki), past 焚(た)いた (taita))

  1. burn, light (a fire)
  2. heat (a bath)
  3. (photography) use (a flash)
    フラッシュを焚(た)く
    furasshu o taku
    to use flash

Conjugation

Conjugation of "焚く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 焚か たか taka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 焚き たき taki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 焚く たく taku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 焚く たく taku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 焚け たけ take
Meireikei ("imperative") 焚け たけ take
Key constructions
Passive 焚かれる たかれる takareru
Causative 焚かせる
焚かす 		たかせる
たかす 		takaseru
takasu
Potential 焚ける たける takeru
Volitional 焚こう たこう takō
Negative 焚かない たかない takanai
Negative continuative 焚かず たかず takazu
Formal 焚きます たきます takimasu
Perfective 焚いた たいた taita
Conjunctive 焚いて たいて taite
Hypothetical conditional 焚けば たけば takeba

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “焚・炊・焼・炷・薫”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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