焚く
Japanese
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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焚 |
た Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]
Outside Japonic, compare Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).
Verb
焚く • (taku) transitive godan (stem 焚き (taki), past 焚いた (taita))
- burn, light (a fire)
- heat (a bath)
- (photography) use (a flash)
- フラッシュを焚く
- furasshu o taku
- to use flash
- フラッシュを焚く
Conjugation
Conjugation of "焚く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | |||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 焚か | たか | taka |
Continuative (連用形) | 焚き | たき | taki |
Terminal (終止形) | 焚く | たく | taku |
Attributive (連体形) | 焚く | たく | taku |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 焚け | たけ | take |
Imperative (命令形) | 焚け | たけ | take |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 焚かれる | たかれる | takareru |
Causative | 焚かせる 焚かす | たかせる たかす | takaseru takasu |
Potential | 焚ける | たける | takeru |
Volitional | 焚こう | たこう | takō |
Negative | 焚かない | たかない | takanai |
Negative continuative | 焚かず | たかず | takazu |
Formal | 焚きます | たきます | takimasu |
Perfective | 焚いた | たいた | taita |
Conjunctive | 焚いて | たいて | taite |
Hypothetical conditional | 焚けば | たけば | takeba |
Derived terms
- 焚き火 (takibi)
References
- “焚・炊・焼・炷・薫”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN