暴く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
暴
あば
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

Recorded since at least the early 1100s CE.[1] Likely cognate with 荒ら (abara, “with large gaps, wide open; wild, ruined”, adjective), 暴れる (abareru, “to be violent, to be wild”, verb).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms
  • 発く

Verb

暴く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana あばく, rōmaji abaku)

  1. disclose (a secret), expose (a crime), lay bare, divulge
    • Tanaka Corpus
      彼 (かれ)らの秘密 (ひみつ)が全 (ぜん)部 (ぶ)暴 (あば)かれた。
      Karera no himitsu ga zenbu abakareta.
      All their secrets have been revealed.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "暴く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 暴か あばか abaka
Continuative (連用形) 暴き あばき abaki
Terminal (終止形) 暴く あばく abaku
Attributive (連体形) 暴く あばく abaku
Hypothetical (仮定形) 暴け あばけ abake
Imperative (命令形) 暴け あばけ abake
Key constructions
Passive 暴かれる あばかれる abakareru
Causative 暴かせる
暴かす		 あばかせる
あばかす		 abakaseru
abakasu
Potential 暴ける あばける abakeru
Volitional 暴こう あばこう abakō
Negative 暴かない あばかない abakanai
Negative continuative 暴かず あばかず abakazu
Formal 暴きます あばきます abakimasu
Perfective 暴いた あばいた abaita
Conjunctive 暴いて あばいて abaite
Hypothetical conditional 暴けば あばけば abakeba
  • 荒 (あば)ら (abara, “with large gaps, wide open; wild, ruined”)
  • 暴 (あば)れる (abareru, “to be violent, to be wild”)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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