頂く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
頂
いただ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
戴く

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "頂く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		頂く いただく
Imperative (命令形) 頂け いただけ
Key constructions
Passive 頂かれる いただかれる
Causative 頂かせる いただかせる
Potential 頂ける いただける
Volitional 頂こう いただこ​ー
Negative 頂かない いただかない
Negative perfective 頂かなかった いただかな​かった
Formal 頂きます いただきま​す
Perfective 頂いた いただいた
Conjunctive 頂いて いただいて
Hypothetical conditional 頂けば いただけ​ば

Verb

頂(いただ)く • (itadaku) transitive godan (stem 頂(いただ)き (itadaki), past 頂(いただ)いた (itadaita))

  1. to place on or above one's head
    王(おう)冠(かん)を頂(いただ)く
    ōkan o itadaku
    to wear a crown
    雪(ゆき)を頂(いただ)いた山(やま)々(やま)
    yuki o itadaita yamayama
    mountains with snow on top → snowy mountains
    星(ほし)を頂(いただ)いて夜(よ)道(みち)を行(ゆ)く
    hoshi o itadaite yomichi o yuku
    to travel at night with stars above one's head
  2. (humble) to receive; humble version of 貰う (morau, “to get, to receive”)
    支(し)持(じ)をいただいた。
    Shiji o itadaita.
    (We) received support.
  3. (humble) to take food or drink: to eat, to drink
    この後(あと)、スタッフが美味(おい)しくいただきました。
    Kono ato, sutaffu ga oishiku itadakimashita.
    The staff enjoyed it later.

Usage notes

This term is more often spelled in hiragana. The humble one is the receiver; if this term is used when asking if someone else would like to receive something, it can be interpreted as supercilious. To honor the receiver, use:

Conjugation

Conjugation of "頂く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 頂か いただか itadaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 頂き いただき itadaki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 頂く いただく itadaku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 頂く いただく itadaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 頂け いただけ itadake
Meireikei ("imperative") 頂け いただけ itadake
Key constructions
Passive 頂かれる いただかれる itadakareru
Causative 頂かせる
頂かす 		いただかせる
いただかす 		itadakaseru
itadakasu
Potential 頂ける いただける itadakeru
Volitional 頂こう いただこう itadakō
Negative 頂かない いただかない itadakanai
Negative continuative 頂かず いただかず itadakazu
Formal 頂きます いただきます itadakimasu
Perfective 頂いた いただいた itadaita
Conjunctive 頂いて いただいて itadaite
Hypothetical conditional 頂けば いただけば itadakeba

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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