蒔く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒔
ま
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
播く

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「蒔く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		蒔く まく
Imperative (命令形) 蒔け まけ
Key constructions
Passive 蒔かれる まかれる
Causative 蒔かせる まかせる
Potential 蒔ける まける
Volitional 蒔こう まこー
Negative 蒔かない まかない
Negative perfective 蒔かなかった まかなかった
Formal 蒔きます まきます
Perfective 蒔いた まいた
Conjunctive 蒔いて まいて
Hypothetical conditional 蒔けば まけば

Verb

蒔(ま)く • (maku) transitive godan (stem 蒔(ま)き (maki), past 蒔(ま)いた (maita))

  1. sow, plant
  2. disseminate (to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed)
  3. sprinkle gold or silver on lacquerware

Conjugation

Conjugation of "蒔く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 蒔か まか maka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 蒔き まき maki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 蒔く まく maku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 蒔く まく maku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 蒔け まけ make
Meireikei ("imperative") 蒔け まけ make
Key constructions
Passive 蒔かれる まかれる makareru
Causative 蒔かせる
蒔かす 		まかせる
まかす 		makaseru
makasu
Potential 蒔ける まける makeru
Volitional 蒔こう まこう makō
Negative 蒔かない まかない makanai
Negative continuative 蒔かず まかず makazu
Formal 蒔きます まきます makimasu
Perfective 蒔いた まいた maita
Conjunctive 蒔いて まいて maite
Hypothetical conditional 蒔けば まけば makeba
Classical conjugation of "蒔く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 蒔か まか maka
Continuative (連用形) 蒔き まき maki
Terminal (終止形) 蒔く まく maku
Attributive (連体形) 蒔く まく maku
Realis (已然形) 蒔け まけ make
Imperative (命令形) 蒔け まけ make
Key constructions
Negative 蒔かず まかず makazu
Contrasting conjunction 蒔けど まけど makedo
Causal conjunction 蒔けば まけば makeba
Conditional conjunction 蒔かば まかば makaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 蒔きき まきき makiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 蒔きけり まきけり makikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 蒔きつ まきつ makitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 蒔きぬ まきぬ makinu
Perfect-continuative tense 蒔けり
蒔きたり		 まけり
まきたり		 makeri
makitari
Volitional 蒔かむ まかむ makamu
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