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欺く
欺く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 欺 |
| Grade: S |
Verb
欺く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana あざむく, romaji azamuku)
- trick, deceive
- as ... as ... (e.g. as heavy as a boulder)
- その人はトラックをも欺く重さだ。
- Sono hito wa torakku o mo azamuku omosa da.
- That person is as heavy as a truck.
- その人はトラックをも欺く重さだ。
Conjugation
Conjugation of "欺く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 欺か | あざむか | azamuka |
| Continuative (連用形) | 欺き | あざむき | azamuki |
| Terminal (終止形) | 欺く | あざむく | azamuku |
| Attributive (連体形) | 欺く | あざむく | azamuku |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 欺け | あざむけ | azamuke |
| Imperative (命令形) | 欺け | あざむけ | azamuke |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 欺かれる | あざむかれる | azamukareru |
| Causative | 欺かせる 欺かす |
あざむかせる あざむかす |
azamukaseru azamukasu |
| Potential | 欺ける | あざむける | azamukeru |
| Volitional | 欺こう | あざむこう | azamukō |
| Negative | 欺かない | あざむかない | azamukanai |
| Negative continuative | 欺かず | あざむかず | azamukazu |
| Formal | 欺きます | あざむきます | azamukimasu |
| Perfective | 欺いた | あざむいた | azamuita |
| Conjunctive | 欺いて | あざむいて | azamuite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 欺けば | あざむけば | azamukeba |
Synonyms
- (trick): 騙す (damasu)