Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
燒ける (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese 焼く (yaku), in the 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, lower bigrade conjugation) pattern. See the entry for further details.

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "焼ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
焼ける ける [yàkérú]
Imperative (命令形) 焼けろ けろ [yàkéró]
Key constructions
Passive 焼けられる けられる [yàkérárérú]
Causative 焼けさせる けさせる [yàkésásérú]
Potential - - -
Volitional 焼けよう けよ [yàkéyóꜜò]
Negative 焼けない けない [yàkénáí]
Negative perfective 焼けなかった けなかった [yàkénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 焼けます けま [yàkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 焼けた けた [yàkétá]
Conjunctive 焼けて けて [yàkété]
Hypothetical conditional 焼ければ けれ [yàkéréꜜbà]

Verb edit

()ける (yakeruintransitive ichidan (stem () (yake), past ()けた (yaketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 焼く
mediopassive 焼ける
  1. be burned
  2. be grilled, roasted, done
  3. tan, get a suntan
  4. change color, become discolored

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 焼・妬”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN