導く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
導
みちび Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

Likely formed from 道 michi "path" + 引く hiku "to pull/draw" (with hiku -> biku via rendaku), meaning "to pull along a path" -> "to lead/guide".

Verb

導く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana みちびく, rōmaji michibiku)

guide, conduct
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説:
  移 (い)行 (こう)を導 (みちび)くか、さもなくば退陣 (たいじん)するかである。
  Ikō o michibiku ka, samonakuba taijin suru ka de aru.
  He can lead that transition, or get out of the way.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "導く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	導か	みちびか	michibika
Continuative (連用形)	導き	みちびき	michibiki
Terminal (終止形)	導く	みちびく	michibiku
Attributive (連体形)	導く	みちびく	michibiku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	導け	みちびけ	michibike
Imperative (命令形)	導け	みちびけ	michibike
Key constructions
Passive	導かれる	みちびかれる	michibikareru
Causative	導かせる導かす	みちびかせるみちびかす	michibikaseru michibikasu
Potential	導ける	みちびける	michibikeru
Volitional	導こう	みちびこう	michibikō
Negative	導かない	みちびかない	michibikanai
Negative continuative	導かず	みちびかず	michibikazu
Formal	導きます	みちびきます	michibikimasu
Perfective	導いた	みちびいた	michibiita
Conjunctive	導いて	みちびいて	michibiite
Hypothetical conditional	導けば	みちびけば	michibikeba

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