掃く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
掃
は
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「掃く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		掃く はく
Imperative (命令形) 掃け はけ
Key constructions
Passive 掃かれる はかれる
Causative 掃かせる はかせる
Potential 掃ける はける
Volitional 掃こう はこー
Negative 掃かない はかない
Negative perfective 掃かなかった はかなかった
Formal 掃きます はきます
Perfective 掃いた はいた
Conjunctive 掃いて はいて
Hypothetical conditional 掃けば はけば

Verb

掃(は)く • (haku) godan (stem 掃(は)き (haki), past 掃(は)いた (haita))

  1. to sweep
    箒(ほうき)で掃(は)く
    hōki de haku
    to sweep with a broom
    床(ゆか)を掃(は)く
    yuka o haku
    to sweep the floor

Conjugation

Conjugation of "掃く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 掃か はか haka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 掃き はき haki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 掃く はく haku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 掃く はく haku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 掃け はけ hake
Meireikei ("imperative") 掃け はけ hake
Key constructions
Passive 掃かれる はかれる hakareru
Causative 掃かせる
掃かす 		はかせる
はかす 		hakaseru
hakasu
Potential 掃ける はける hakeru
Volitional 掃こう はこう hakō
Negative 掃かない はかない hakanai
Negative continuative 掃かず はかず hakazu
Formal 掃きます はきます hakimasu
Perfective 掃いた はいた haita
Conjunctive 掃いて はいて haite
Hypothetical conditional 掃けば はけば hakeba

Synonyms

References

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