吐く

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「吐く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
吐く
Imperative (命令形) 吐け
Key constructions
Passive 吐かれる かれ
Causative 吐かせる かせ
Potential 吐ける
Volitional 吐こう
Negative 吐かない ない
Negative perfective 吐かなかった なかった
Formal 吐きます きま
Perfective 吐いた いた
Conjunctive 吐いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 吐けば けば

Verb

() (hakugodan (stem () (haki), past ()いた (haita))

  1. spew, spit out, to breathe in or out
  2. vomit, throw up
  3. belch, emit
  4. speak, utter
    • 190506, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here):
      邂逅(かいこう)する(ごと)(かれ)(くるま)()相当(そうとう)()(えん)()
      Kaikō suru-goto ni kare wa kurumaya sōtō no kien o haku.
      Whenever I ran into him, he would brag about the cartwright to no end.
  5. confess
Conjugation
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Cognate with () (tsuku).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「吐く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
吐く
Imperative (命令形) 吐け
Key constructions
Passive 吐かれる かれ
Causative 吐かせる かせ
Potential 吐ける
Volitional 吐こう
Negative 吐かない ない
Negative perfective 吐かなかった なかった
Formal 吐きます きま
Perfective 吐いた いた
Conjunctive 吐いて いて
Hypothetical conditional 吐けば けば

Verb

() (tsukutransitive godan (stem () (tsuki), past ()いた (tsuita))

  1. to breathe
  2. to say (something bad)
  3. to vomit
Conjugation
Derived terms
  1. (うそ)() (uso o tsuku, tell lies)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN