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呻く

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
呻
うめ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of う (u, “ouch”) + めく (-meku, “to show signs of, to have the appearance of”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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呻(うめ)く • (umeku) intransitive godan (stem 呻(うめ)き (umeki), past 呻(うめ)いた (umeita))

  1. groan, moan

Usage notes

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This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "呻く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 呻か うめか umeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 呻き うめき umeki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 呻く うめく umeku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 呻く うめく umeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 呻け うめけ umeke
Meireikei ("imperative") 呻け うめけ umeke
Key constructions
Passive 呻かれる うめかれる umekareru
Causative 呻かせる
呻かす 		うめかせる
うめかす 		umekaseru
umekasu
Potential 呻ける うめける umekeru
Volitional 呻こう うめこう umekō
Negative 呻かない うめかない umekanai
Negative continuative 呻かず うめかず umekazu
Formal 呻きます うめきます umekimasu
Perfective 呻いた うめいた umeita
Conjunctive 呻いて うめいて umeite
Hypothetical conditional 呻けば うめけば umekeba

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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