掃く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
掃
は
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • (dialectal) 掃 (は)わく (hawaku)

Pronunciation

Verb

掃く (hiragana はく, rōmaji haku)

  1. to sweep
    箒 (ほうき)で掃 (は)く
    hōki de haku
    to sweep with a broom
    床 (ゆか)を掃 (は)く
    yuka o haku
    to sweep the floor

Conjugation
Conjugation of "掃く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 掃か はか haka
Continuative (連用形) 掃き はき haki
Terminal (終止形) 掃く はく haku
Attributive (連体形) 掃く はく haku
Hypothetical (仮定形) 掃け はけ hake
Imperative (命令形) 掃け はけ hake
Key constructions
Passive 掃かれる はかれる hakareru
Causative 掃かせる
掃かす		 はかせる
はかす		 hakaseru
hakasu
Potential 掃ける はける hakeru
Volitional 掃こう はこう hakō
Negative 掃かない はかない hakanai
Negative continuative 掃かず はかず hakazu
Formal 掃きます はきます hakimasu
Perfective 掃いた はいた haita
Conjunctive 掃いて はいて haite
Hypothetical conditional 掃けば はけば hakeba

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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