破く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
破
やぶ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「破く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		破く やぶく
Imperative (命令形) 破け やぶけ
Key constructions
Passive 破かれる やぶかれる
Causative 破かせる やぶかせる
Potential 破ける やぶける
Volitional 破こう やぶこー
Negative 破かない やぶかない
Negative perfective 破かなかった やぶかなかった
Formal 破きます やぶきます
Perfective 破いた やぶいた
Conjunctive 破いて やぶいて
Hypothetical conditional 破けば やぶけば

Verb

破(やぶ)く • (yabuku) transitive godan (stem 破(やぶ)き (yabuki), past 破(やぶ)いた (yabuita))

  1. to tear

Conjugation

Conjugation of "破く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 破か やぶか yabuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 破き やぶき yabuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 破く やぶく yabuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 破く やぶく yabuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 破け やぶけ yabuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 破け やぶけ yabuke
Key constructions
Passive 破かれる やぶかれる yabukareru
Causative 破かせる
破かす 		やぶかせる
やぶかす 		yabukaseru
yabukasu
Potential 破ける やぶける yabukeru
Volitional 破こう やぶこう yabukō
Negative 破かない やぶかない yabukanai
Negative continuative 破かず やぶかず yabukazu
Formal 破きます やぶきます yabukimasu
Perfective 破いた やぶいた yabuita
Conjunctive 破いて やぶいて yabuite
Hypothetical conditional 破けば やぶけば yabukeba
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