空ける

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Cognate with Japanese ()ける (akeru, to dawn) and ()ける (akeru, to open).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ける [àkérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "空ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
空ける ける [àkérú]
Imperative (命令形) 空けろ けろ [àkéró]
Key constructions
Passive 空けられる けられる [àkérárérú]
Causative 空けさせる けさせる [àkésásérú]
Potential 空けられる けられる [àkérárérú]
Volitional 空けよう けよ [àkéyóꜜò]
Negative 空けない けない [àkénáí]
Negative perfective 空けなかった けなかった [àkénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 空けます けま [àkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 空けた けた [àkétá]
Conjunctive 空けて けて [àkété]
Hypothetical conditional 空ければ けれ [àkéréꜜbà]

Verb

()ける • (akeru) transitive ichidan (stem () (ake), past ()けた (aketa))

Japanese verb pair
active ()ける (()ける)
mediopassive () (())
  1. to empty; to pour out
    (びん)()ける
    bin o akeru
    empty a vial
  2. to vacate; to leave
    (せき)()ける
    seki o akeru
    leave one's seat
  3. to make room; to leave space open
    • 2010, Yasuda Yōsuke, 学校選択制のデザイン: ゲーム理論アプローチ [Selective school design: A game theory approach], Tokyo: NTT, →ISBN, page 4:
      エスカレーターの右側(みぎがわ)()けるべきか、あるいは左側(ひだりがわ)()けるべきか?
      Esukarētā no migigawa o akeru beki ka, arui wa hidarigawa o akeru beki ka?
      Should you leave the right side of the escalator vacant, or leave the left side vacant?
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
うつ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
虚ける

From Old Japanese (うつ) (utsu).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つけ [ùtsúkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(うつ)ける • (utsukeru) intransitive ichidan (stem (うつ) (utsuke), past (うつ)けた (utsuketa))

  1. to be emotionless; to be indifferent
    (うつ)けた(かお)つき
    utsuketa kaotsuki
    an emotionless face
Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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