Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「咲く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
咲く [sàkú]
Imperative (命令形) 咲け [sàké]
Key constructions
Passive 咲かれる かれる [sàkárérú]
Causative 咲かせる かせる [sàkásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 咲こう [sàkóꜜò]
Negative 咲かない かない [sàkánáí]
Negative perfective 咲かなかった かなかった [sàkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 咲きます きま [sàkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 咲いた いた [sàítá]
Conjunctive 咲いて いて [sàíté]
Hypothetical conditional 咲けば [sàkéꜜbà]

Verb

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() (sakuintransitive godan (stem () (saki), past ()いた (saita))

  1. to bloom
    Antonym: 散る (chiru)
    (はな)()いている
    hana ga saite iru
    the flowers are blooming
  2. to make white waves appear

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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