乾く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese (かわ) (kawaku, to be thirsty).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「乾く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
乾く
Imperative (命令形) 乾け
Key constructions
Passive 乾かれる わかれ
Causative 乾かせる わかせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 乾こう わこ
Negative 乾かない わかない
Negative perfective 乾かなかった わかなかった
Formal 乾きます わきま
Perfective 乾いた いた
Conjunctive 乾いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 乾けば けば

Verb

(かわ) (kawakuintransitive godan (stem (かわ) (kawaki), past (かわ)いた (kawaita))

Japanese verb pair
active 乾かす
mediopassive 乾く
  1. dry (become dry); dry up

Conjugation

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