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Japanese
Etymology
Compound of う (u, “ouch”) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
呻く • (umeku) intransitive godan (stem 呻き (umeki), past 呻いた (umeita))
- groan, moan
Usage notes
This term is often spelled in hiragana.
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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| Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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呻か
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うめか
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umeka
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| Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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呻き
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うめき
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umeki
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| Shūshikei ("terminal")
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呻く
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うめく
|
umeku
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| Rentaikei ("attributive")
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呻く
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うめく
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umeku
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| Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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呻け
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うめけ
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umeke
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| Meireikei ("imperative")
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呻け
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うめけ
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umeke
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| Key constructions
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| Passive
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呻かれる
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うめかれる
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umekareru
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| Causative
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呻かせる
呻かす
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うめかせる
うめかす
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umekaseru
umekasu
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| Potential
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呻ける
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うめける
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umekeru
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| Volitional
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呻こう
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うめこう
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umekō
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| Negative
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呻かない
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うめかない
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umekanai
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| Negative continuative
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呻かず
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うめかず
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umekazu
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| Formal
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呻きます
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うめきます
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umekimasu
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| Perfective
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呻いた
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うめいた
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umeita
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| Conjunctive
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呻いて
|
うめいて
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umeite
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| Hypothetical conditional
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呻けば
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うめけば
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umekeba
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Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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