渇く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
渇
かわ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
渴く (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Related to 乾(かわ)く (kawaku, “dry”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. be thirsty

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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