赴く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
赴
おもむ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
趣く
趨く

Etymology

Originally 面向く; 面 (omo, “face”) +‎ 向く (muku, “toward”)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

赴(おもむ)く • (omomuku) intransitive godan (stem 赴(おもむ)き (omomuki), past 赴(おもむ)いた (omomuita))

  1. proceed in a certain direction
  2. get, reach a certain state

Conjugation

Conjugation of "赴く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 赴か おもむか omomuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 赴き おもむき omomuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 赴く おもむく omomuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 赴く おもむく omomuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 赴け おもむけ omomuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 赴け おもむけ omomuke
Key constructions
Passive 赴かれる おもむかれる omomukareru
Causative 赴かせる
赴かす 		おもむかせる
おもむかす 		omomukaseru
omomukasu
Potential 赴ける おもむける omomukeru
Volitional 赴こう おもむこう omomukō
Negative 赴かない おもむかない omomukanai
Negative continuative 赴かず おもむかず omomukazu
Formal 赴きます おもむきます omomukimasu
Perfective 赴いた おもむいた omomuita
Conjunctive 赴いて おもむいて omomuite
Hypothetical conditional 赴けば おもむけば omomukeba

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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