Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そむ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
反く
叛く

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “< 背を向く?”)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [so̞mɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "背く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
背く [sòmúꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 背け [sòmúꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 背かれる むかれ [sòmúkáréꜜrù]
Causative 背かせる むかせ [sòmúkáséꜜrù]
Potential 背ける むけ [sòmúkéꜜrù]
Volitional 背こう むこ [sòmúkóꜜò]
Negative 背かない むかない [sòmúkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 背かなかった むかなかった [sòmúkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 背きます むきま [sòmúkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 背いた いた [sòmúꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 背いて いて [sòmúꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 背けば けば [sòmúꜜkèbà]

Verb edit

(そむ) (somukuintransitive godan (stem (そむ) (somuki), past (そむ)いた (somuita))

  1. be contrary
  2. defy; ignore; run counter to; break a rule
  3. betray one's party or country; go back on someone; break an agreement

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