吹く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
吹
ふ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「吹く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		吹く ふく
Imperative (命令形) 吹け ふけ
Key constructions
Passive 吹かれる ふかれる
Causative 吹かせる ふかせる
Potential 吹ける ふける
Volitional 吹こう ふこー
Negative 吹かない ふかない
Negative perfective 吹かなかった ふかなかった
Formal 吹きます ふきます
Perfective 吹いた ふいた
Conjunctive 吹いて ふいて
Hypothetical conditional 吹けば ふけば

Verb

吹(ふ)く • (fuku) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 吹(ふ)き (fuki), past 吹(ふ)いた (fuita))

  1. (transitive or intransitive) blow (of wind, to move; or to cause air to move)
  2. (intransitive) spout (as a gas or liquid, out of something)
  3. (transitive) play (a woodwind or brass instrument); blow (a whistle)
  4. (intransitive) laugh reflexively

Conjugation

Conjugation of "吹く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 吹か ふか fuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 吹き ふき fuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 吹く ふく fuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 吹く ふく fuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 吹け ふけ fuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 吹け ふけ fuke
Key constructions
Passive 吹かれる ふかれる fukareru
Causative 吹かせる
吹かす 		ふかせる
ふかす 		fukaseru
fukasu
Potential 吹ける ふける fukeru
Volitional 吹こう ふこう fukō
Negative 吹かない ふかない fukanai
Negative continuative 吹かず ふかず fukazu
Formal 吹きます ふきます fukimasu
Perfective 吹いた ふいた fuita
Conjunctive 吹いて ふいて fuite
Hypothetical conditional 吹けば ふけば fukeba
Classical conjugation of "吹く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 吹か ふか fuka
Continuative (連用形) 吹き ふき fuki
Terminal (終止形) 吹く ふく fuku
Attributive (連体形) 吹く ふく fuku
Realis (已然形) 吹け ふけ fuke
Imperative (命令形) 吹け ふけ fuke
Key constructions
Negative 吹かず ふかず fukazu
Contrasting conjunction 吹けど ふけど fukedo
Causal conjunction 吹けば ふけば fukeba
Conditional conjunction 吹かば ふかば fukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 吹きき ふきき fukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 吹きけり ふきけり fukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 吹きつ ふきつ fukitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 吹きぬ ふきぬ fukinu
Perfect-continuative tense 吹けり
吹きたり		 ふけり
ふきたり		 fukeri
fukitari
Volitional 吹かむ ふかむ fukamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
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