足掻く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
足	掻
あ Grade: 1	か > が Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

足 (あ) (a, “foot”, older combining form of ashi) + 掻 (か)く (kaku, “to scratch”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [a̠ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

足掻く (hiragana あがく, rōmaji agaku)

to paw at the ground, to struggle
- c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 7, poem 1141)
- 武 (む)庫 (こ)河 (がはの)　水尾 (みをを)急嘉 (はやみと)　赤 (あか)駒 (ごまの)　足 (あ)何 (が)久 (く)激 (たぎちに)　沾 (ぬれに)祁 (け)流 (る)鴨 (かも) [Man'yōgana]
  武 (む)庫 (こ)川 (がは)の　水 (み)脈 (を)を早 (はや)みと　赤駒 (あかごま)の　足 (あ)掻 (が)くたぎちに　濡 (ぬ)れにけるかも [Modern spelling]
  <Muko₁gapa no₂ mi₁wo wo payami₁ to₂ akago₁ma no₂ agaku tagi₁ti ni nurenike₁ru kamo₁>
  → Mukogawa no mio o hayami to akagoma no agaku tagichi ni nurenikeru kamo
  Owing to the rapidness of the deep flow of Muko River, how wet I got by the splashes from my red horse's pawing!

Conjugation

Conjugation of "足掻く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	足掻か	あがか	agaka
Continuative (連用形)	足掻き	あがき	agaki
Terminal (終止形)	足掻く	あがく	agaku
Attributive (連体形)	足掻く	あがく	agaku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	足掻け	あがけ	agake
Imperative (命令形)	足掻け	あがけ	agake
Key constructions
Passive	足掻かれる	あがかれる	agakareru
Causative	足掻かせる足掻かす	あがかせるあがかす	agakaseru agakasu
Potential	足掻ける	あがける	agakeru
Volitional	足掻こう	あがこう	agakō
Negative	足掻かない	あがかない	agakanai
Negative continuative	足掻かず	あがかず	agakazu
Formal	足掻きます	あがきます	agakimasu
Perfective	足掻いた	あがいた	agaita
Conjunctive	足掻いて	あがいて	agaite
Hypothetical conditional	足掻けば	あがけば	agakeba

Derived terms

足 (あ)掻 (が)き (agaki)

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