掻く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掻
Hyōgaiji

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かく [káꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

掻く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かく, rōmaji kaku)

to scratch (e.g one's head)
頭 (あたま)を掻 (か)く
atama o kaku
to scratch one's head
to perspire

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	掻か	かか	kaka
Continuative (連用形)	掻き	かき	kaki
Terminal (終止形)	掻く	かく	kaku
Attributive (連体形)	掻く	かく	kaku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	掻け	かけ	kake
Imperative (命令形)	掻け	かけ	kake
Key constructions
Passive	掻かれる	かかれる	kakareru
Causative	掻かせる掻かす	かかせるかかす	kakaseru kakasu
Potential	掻ける	かける	kakeru
Volitional	掻こう	かこう	kakō
Negative	掻かない	かかない	kakanai
Negative continuative	掻かず	かかず	kakazu
Formal	掻きます	かきます	kakimasu
Perfective	掻いた	かいた	kaita
Conjunctive	掻いて	かいて	kaite
Hypothetical conditional	掻けば	かけば	kakeba

References

↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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