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頷く
頷く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 頷 |
| Hyōgaiji |
Alternative forms
- 首肯く
- 肯く
Verb
頷く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うなずく, romaji unazuku)
- nod, move one's head down in agreement
Conjugation
Conjugation of "頷く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 頷か | うなずか | unazuka |
| Continuative (連用形) | 頷き | うなずき | unazuki |
| Terminal (終止形) | 頷く | うなずく | unazuku |
| Attributive (連体形) | 頷く | うなずく | unazuku |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 頷け | うなずけ | unazuke |
| Imperative (命令形) | 頷け | うなずけ | unazuke |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 頷かれる | うなずかれる | unazukareru |
| Causative | 頷かせる 頷かす |
うなずかせる うなずかす |
unazukaseru unazukasu |
| Potential | 頷ける | うなずける | unazukeru |
| Volitional | 頷こう | うなずこう | unazukō |
| Negative | 頷かない | うなずかない | unazukanai |
| Negative continuative | 頷かず | うなずかず | unazukazu |
| Formal | 頷きます | うなずきます | unazukimasu |
| Perfective | 頷いた | うなずいた | unazuita |
| Conjunctive | 頷いて | うなずいて | unazuite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 頷けば | うなずけば | unazukeba |