葺く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葺
ふ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふく [fùkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) ふく [fúꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][3]
• (Tokyo) ふく [fùkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

Verb

葺(ふ)く • (fuku) transitive godan (stem 葺(ふ)き (fuki), past 葺(ふ)いた (fuita))

1. to make (a roof); to thatch, to tile, to shingle, to slate, etc.

   屋根(やね)を葺(ふ)く

   yane o fuku

   to make a roof

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	葺か	ふか	fuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	葺き	ふき	fuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	葺く	ふく	fuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	葺く	ふく	fuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	葺け	ふけ	fuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	葺け	ふけ	fuke
Key constructions
Passive	葺かれる	ふかれる	fukareru
Causative	葺かせる 葺かす	ふかせる ふかす	fukaseru fukasu
Potential	葺ける	ふける	fukeru
Volitional	葺こう	ふこう	fukō
Negative	葺かない	ふかない	fukanai
Negative continuative	葺かず	ふかず	fukazu
Formal	葺きます	ふきます	fukimasu
Perfective	葺いた	ふいた	fuita
Conjunctive	葺いて	ふいて	fuite
Hypothetical conditional	葺けば	ふけば	fukeba

Conjugation of "葺く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Derived terms

• 葺(ぶき) (-buki)

References

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
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN