呻く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呻
うめ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うめく [ùméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝme̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

呻(うめ)く • (umeku) intransitive godan (stem 呻(うめ)き (umeki), past 呻(うめ)いた (umeita))

groan, moan

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "呻く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	呻か	うめか	umeka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	呻き	うめき	umeki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	呻く	うめく	umeku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	呻く	うめく	umeku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	呻け	うめけ	umeke
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

Derived terms

Related terms

唸(うな)る (unaru)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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