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背く
背く
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 背 |
| Grade: 6 |
Alternative forms
- 反く, 叛く
Verb
背く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana そむく, romaji somuku)
- be contrary
- defy; ignore; run counter to; break a rule
- betray one's party or country; go back on someone; break an agreement
Synonyms
- (be contrary): 反する (hansuru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "背く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 背か | そむか | somuka |
| Continuative (連用形) | 背き | そむき | somuki |
| Terminal (終止形) | 背く | そむく | somuku |
| Attributive (連体形) | 背く | そむく | somuku |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 背け | そむけ | somuke |
| Imperative (命令形) | 背け | そむけ | somuke |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 背かれる | そむかれる | somukareru |
| Causative | 背かせる 背かす |
そむかせる そむかす |
somukaseru somukasu |
| Potential | 背ける | そむける | somukeru |
| Volitional | 背こう | そむこう | somukō |
| Negative | 背かない | そむかない | somukanai |
| Negative continuative | 背かず | そむかず | somukazu |
| Formal | 背きます | そむきます | somukimasu |
| Perfective | 背いた | そむいた | somuita |
| Conjunctive | 背いて | そむいて | somuite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 背けば | そむけば | somukeba |