足掻く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
足 掻
あ
Grade: 1 		か > が
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
足搔く (kyūjitai)

Etymology

足(あ) (a, “foot”, older combining form of ashi) + 掻(か)く (kaku, “to scratch”)

Pronunciation

Verb

足(あ)掻(が)く • (agaku) godan (stem 足(あ)掻(が)き (agaki), past 足(あ)掻(が)いた (agaita))

  1. to paw at the ground, to struggle
    武庫(むこ)河(がはの)　水尾(みをを)急嘉(はやみと)　赤(あか)駒(ごまの)　足何久(あがく)激(たぎちに)　沾(ぬれに)祁流(ける)鴨(かも) [Man'yōgana]
    武庫(むこ)川(がは)の　水脈(みを)を早(はや)みと　赤駒(あかごま)の　足掻(あが)くたぎちに　濡(ぬ)れにけるかも [Modern spelling]
    <Muko1gapa no2 mi1wo wo payami1 to2 akago1ma no2 agaku tagi1ti ni nurenike1ru kamo1>
    → Mukogawa no mio o hayami to akagoma no agaku tagichi ni nurenikeru kamo
    Owing to the rapidness of the deep flow of Muko River, how wet I got by the splashes from my red horse's pawing!

Conjugation

Conjugation of "足掻く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 足掻か あがか agaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 足掻き あがき agaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 足掻く あがく agaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 足掻く あがく agaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 足掻け あがけ agake
Meireikei ("imperative") 足掻け あがけ agake
Key constructions
Passive 足掻かれる あがかれる agakareru
Causative 足掻かせる
足掻かす 		あがかせる
あがかす 		agakaseru
agakasu
Potential 足掻ける あがける agakeru
Volitional 足掻こう あがこう agakō
Negative 足掻かない あがかない agakanai
Negative continuative 足掻かず あがかず agakazu
Formal 足掻きます あがきます agakimasu
Perfective 足掻いた あがいた agaita
Conjunctive 足掻いて あがいて agaite
Hypothetical conditional 足掻けば あがけば agakeba

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