片付く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
片 付
かた
Grade: 6 		つ > づ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「片付く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		片付く かたづく
Imperative (命令形) - - -
Key constructions
Passive 片付かれる かたづかれる
Causative 片付かせる かたづかせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 片付こう かたづこー
Negative 片付かない かたづかない
Negative perfective 片付かなかった かたづかなかった
Formal 片付きます かたづきます
Perfective 片付いた かたづいた
Conjunctive 片付いて かたづいて
Hypothetical conditional 片付けば かたづけば

Verb

片(かた)付(づ)く • (katazuku) intransitive godan (stem 片(かた)付(づ)き (katazuki), past 片(かた)付(づ)いた (katazuita))

  1. to be tidied up; to be put in order
  2. to be settled; to be solved
  3. (also 嫁く, of a daughter) to be married off
  4. to accompany someone else
  5. to get touched by one side (片 + 付く)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "片付く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 片付か かたづか katazuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 片付き かたづき katazuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 片付く かたづく katazuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 片付く かたづく katazuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 片付け かたづけ katazuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 片付け かたづけ katazuke
Key constructions
Passive 片付かれる かたづかれる katazukareru
Causative 片付かせる
片付かす 		かたづかせる
かたづかす 		katazukaseru
katazukasu
Potential 片付ける かたづける katazukeru
Volitional 片付こう かたづこう katazukō
Negative 片付かない かたづかない katazukanai
Negative continuative 片付かず かたづかず katazukazu
Formal 片付きます かたづきます katazukimasu
Perfective 片付いた かたづいた katazuita
Conjunctive 片付いて かたづいて katazuite
Hypothetical conditional 片付けば かたづけば katazukeba

See also

References

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