呻く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
呻
うめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

呻く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うめく, rōmaji umeku)

  1. groan, moan

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "呻く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 呻か うめか umeka
Continuative (連用形) 呻き うめき umeki
Terminal (終止形) 呻く うめく umeku
Attributive (連体形) 呻く うめく umeku
Hypothetical (仮定形) 呻け うめけ umeke
Imperative (命令形) 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

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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