頂く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頂
いただ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
戴く

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いただく [ìtádákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ita̠da̠kɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "頂く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
頂く いただく [ìtádákú]
Imperative (命令形) 頂け いただけ [ìtádáké]
Key constructions
Passive 頂かれる いただかれる [ìtádákárérú]
Causative 頂かせる いただかせる [ìtádákásérú]
Potential 頂ける いただける [ìtádákérú]
Volitional 頂こう いただこ​ー [ìtádákóꜜò]
Negative 頂かない いただかない [ìtádákánáí]
Negative perfective 頂かなかった いただかな​かった [ìtádákánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 頂きます いただきま​す [ìtádákímáꜜsù]
Perfective 頂いた いただいた [ìtádáítá]
Conjunctive 頂いて いただいて [ìtádáíté]
Hypothetical conditional 頂けば いただけ​ば [ìtádákéꜜbà]

Verb

頂(いただ)く • (itadaku) transitive godan (stem 頂(いただ)き (itadaki), past 頂(いただ)いた (itadaita))

  1. to place on or above one's head
    王(おう)冠(かん)を頂(いただ)く
    ōkan o itadaku
    to wear a crown
    雪(ゆき)を頂(いただ)いた山(やま)々(やま)
    yuki o itadaita yamayama
    mountains with snow on top → snowy mountains
    星(ほし)を頂(いただ)いて夜(よ)道(みち)を行(ゆ)く
    hoshi o itadaite yomichi o yuku
    to travel at night with stars above one's head
  2. (humble) to receive; humble version of 貰う (morau, “to get, to receive”)
    支(し)持(じ)をいただいた。
    Shiji o itadaita.
    (We) received support.
  3. (humble) to take food or drink: to eat, to drink
    この後(あと)、スタッフが美味(おい)しくいただきました。
    Kono ato, sutaffu ga oishiku itadakimashita.
    The staff enjoyed it later.

Usage notes

This term is more often spelled in hiragana. The humble one is the receiver; if this term is used when asking if someone else would like to receive something, it can be interpreted as supercilious. To honor the receiver, use:

Conjugation

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References

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