Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative spellings
更ける
深ける
老ける
化ける

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "更ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
更ける [fùkéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 更けろ [fùkéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 更けられる けられ [fùkéráréꜜrù]
Causative 更けさせる けさせ [fùkésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 更けよう けよ [fùkéyóꜜò]
Negative 更けない ない [fùkéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 更けなかった なかった [fùkéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 更けます けま [fùkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 更けた けた [fúꜜkètà]
Conjunctive 更けて けて [fúꜜkètè]
Hypothetical conditional 更ければ れば [fùkéꜜrèbà]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "老ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
老ける [fùkéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 老けろ [fùkéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 老けられる けられ [fùkéráréꜜrù]
Causative 老けさせる けさせ [fùkésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 老けよう けよ [fùkéyóꜜò]
Negative 老けない ない [fùkéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 老けなかった なかった [fùkéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 老けます けま [fùkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 老けた けた [fúꜜkètà]
Conjunctive 老けて けて [fúꜜkètè]
Hypothetical conditional 老ければ れば [fùkéꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

ふける (fukeruintransitive ichidan (stem ふけ (fuke), past ふけた (fuketa))

  1. 更ける, 深ける: to get late, to get deep (for night, season, etc.)
  2. 老ける, 化ける: to age; to become old
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Alternative spelling
耽る

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ふける (fukeruintransitive godan (stem ふけり (fukeri), past ふけった (fuketta))

  1. indulge in, be absorbed in
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN