背く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
背
そむ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
反く
叛く

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「背く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		背く そむく
Imperative (命令形) 背け そむけ
Key constructions
Passive 背かれる そむかれる
Causative 背かせる そむかせる
Potential 背ける そむける
Volitional 背こう そむこー
Negative 背かない そむかない
Negative perfective 背かなかった そむかなかった
Formal 背きます そむきます
Perfective 背いた そむいた
Conjunctive 背いて そむいて
Hypothetical conditional 背けば そむけば

Verb

背(そむ)く • (somuku) intransitive godan (stem 背(そむ)き (somuki), past 背(そむ)いた (somuita))

  1. be contrary
  2. defy; ignore; run counter to; break a rule
  3. betray one's party or country; go back on someone; break an agreement

Conjugation

Conjugation of "背く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 背か そむか somuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 背き そむき somuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 背く そむく somuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 背く そむく somuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 背け そむけ somuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 背け そむけ somuke
Key constructions
Passive 背かれる そむかれる somukareru
Causative 背かせる
背かす 		そむかせる
そむかす 		somukaseru
somukasu
Potential 背ける そむける somukeru
Volitional 背こう そむこう somukō
Negative 背かない そむかない somukanai
Negative continuative 背かず そむかず somukazu
Formal 背きます そむきます somukimasu
Perfective 背いた そむいた somuita
Conjunctive 背いて そむいて somuite
Hypothetical conditional 背けば そむけば somukeba

Synonyms

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