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Japanese
Etymology
うご (ugo, an ideophone also found in the verb 動く (ugoku) and the adverb うごうご (ugougo)) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like”, a verb-forming suffix)[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
蠢く • (ugomeku) intransitive godan (stem 蠢き (ugomeki), past 蠢いた (ugomeita))
- squirm
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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蠢か
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うごめか
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ugomeka
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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蠢き
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うごめき
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ugomeki
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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蠢く
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うごめく
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ugomeku
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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蠢く
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うごめく
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ugomeku
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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蠢け
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うごめけ
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ugomeke
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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蠢け
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うごめけ
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ugomeke
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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蠢かれる
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うごめかれる
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ugomekareru
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| Causative
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蠢かせる
蠢かす
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うごめかせる
うごめかす
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ugomekaseru
ugomekasu
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| Potential
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蠢ける
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うごめける
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ugomekeru
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| Volitional
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蠢こう
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うごめこう
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ugomekō
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| Negative
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蠢かない
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うごめかない
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ugomekanai
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| Negative continuative
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蠢かず
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うごめかず
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ugomekazu
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| Formal
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蠢きます
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うごめきます
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ugomekimasu
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| Perfective
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蠢いた
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うごめいた
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ugomeita
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| Conjunctive
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蠢いて
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うごめいて
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ugomeite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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蠢けば
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うごめけば
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ugomekeba
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References
- ^ “蠢く”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN