書く
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Orthographic borrowing from Literary Chinese 書 (shū, “to write”).
From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kaku (“to scratch”).
First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]
Cognate with 掻く (kaku, “to scratch”) (letters were originally scratched or carved into wood in order to write).
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
書く | かく | [káꜜkù] |
Imperative (命令形) | 書け | かけ | [káꜜkè] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 書かれる | かかれる | [kàkáréꜜrù] |
Causative | 書かせる | かかせる | [kàkáséꜜrù] |
Potential | 書ける | かける | [kàkéꜜrù] |
Volitional | 書こう | かこー | [kàkóꜜò] |
Negative | 書かない | かかない | [kàkáꜜnàì] |
Negative perfective | 書かなかった | かかなかった | [kàkáꜜnàkàttà] |
Formal | 書きます | かきます | [kàkímáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 書いた | かいた | [káꜜìtà] |
Conjunctive | 書いて | かいて | [káꜜìtè] |
Hypothetical conditional | 書けば | かけば | [káꜜkèbà] |
書く • (kaku) transitive godan (stem 書き (kaki), past 書いた (kaita))
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 書か | かか | kaka |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 書き | かき | kaki |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 書く | かく | kaku |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 書く | かく | kaku |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 書け | かけ | kake |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 書け | かけ | kake |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 書かれる | かかれる | kakareru |
Causative | 書かせる 書かす |
かかせる かかす |
kakaseru kakasu |
Potential | 書ける | かける | kakeru |
Volitional | 書こう | かこう | kakō |
Negative | 書かない | かかない | kakanai |
Negative continuative | 書かず | かかず | kakazu |
Formal | 書きます | かきます | kakimasu |
Perfective | 書いた | かいた | kaita |
Conjunctive | 書いて | かいて | kaite |
Hypothetical conditional | 書けば | かけば | kakeba |
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 書か | かか | kaka |
Continuative (連用形) | 書き | かき | kaki |
Terminal (終止形) | 書く | かく | kaku |
Attributive (連体形) | 書く | かく | kaku |
Realis (已然形) | 書け | かけ | kake |
Imperative (命令形) | 書け | かけ | kake |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 書かず | かかず | kakazu |
Contrasting conjunction | 書けど | かけど | kakedo |
Causal conjunction | 書けば | かけば | kakeba |
Conditional conjunction | 書かば | かかば | kakaba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 書きき | かきき | kakiki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 書きけり | かきけり | kakikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 書きつ | かきつ | kakitu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 書きぬ | かきぬ | kakinu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 書けり 書きたり | かけり かきたり | kakeri kakitari |
Volitional | 書かむ | かかむ | kakamu |
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