生ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
生
い
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
活ける

Etymology

From the classical verb 生く.

Development
Natural progression from Old and Classical Japanese 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) verbs ending in -u to modern Japanese 下一段活用 (shimo ichidan katsuyō, “lower monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -eru.

Verb

生(い)ける • (ikeru) transitive ichidan (stem 生(い)け (ike), past 生(い)けた (iketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 生ける
mediopassive 生きる
  1. to put or arrange in a vase
    花(はな)を生(い)ける
    hana o ikeru
    to arrange flowers
  2. to have life, to be living

Usage notes

Used of arranging flowers or other plants in a vase for decorative purposes.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "生ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 生け いけ ike
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 生け いけ ike
Shūshikei ("terminal") 生ける いける ikeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 生ける いける ikeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 生けれ いけれ ikere
Meireikei ("imperative") 生けよ¹
生けろ² 		いけよ¹
いけろ² 		ikeyo¹
ikero²
Key constructions
Passive 生けられる いけられる ikerareru
Causative 生けさせる
生けさす 		いけさせる
いけさす 		ikesaseru
ikesasu
Potential 生けられる
生けれる³ 		いけられる
いけれる³ 		ikerareru
ikereru³
Volitional 生けよう いけよう ikeyō
Negative 生けない
生けぬ
生けん 		いけない
いけぬ
いけん 		ikenai
ikenu
iken
Negative continuative 生けず いけず ikezu
Formal 生けます いけます ikemasu
Perfective 生けた いけた iketa
Conjunctive 生けて いけて ikete
Hypothetical conditional 生ければ いければ ikereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia