乾く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾
かわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 渇(かわ)く (kawaku, “to be thirsty”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かわ​く [kàwáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "乾く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
乾く かわ​く [kàwáꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 乾け かわ​け [kàwáꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 乾かれる かわかれ​る [kàwákáréꜜrù]
Causative 乾かせる かわかせ​る [kàwákáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 乾こう かわこ​ー [kàwákóꜜò]
Negative 乾かない かわか​ない [kàwákáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 乾かなかった かわか​なかった [kàwákáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 乾きます かわきま​す [kàwákímáꜜsù]
Perfective 乾いた かわ​いた [kàwáꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 乾いて かわ​いて [kàwáꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 乾けば かわ​けば [kàwáꜜkèbà]

Verb

乾(かわ)く • (kawaku) intransitive godan (stem 乾(かわ)き (kawaki), past 乾(かわ)いた (kawaita))

Japanese verb pair
active 乾かす
mediopassive 乾く
  1. dry (become dry); dry up

Conjugation

References

  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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