たなびく
Japanese
[edit]| Alternative spelling |
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| 棚引く |
Etymology
[edit]From たな (tana-) + 引く (hiku).[1] The hiku changes to biku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]たなびく • (tanabiku) ←たなびく (tanabiku)?intransitive godan (stem たなびき (tanabiki), past たなびいた (tanabiita))
- (of a cloud, smoke, etc.) to trail
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "たなびく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | たなびか | tanabika | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | たなびき | tanabiki | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | たなびく | tanabiku | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | たなびく | tanabiku | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | たなびけ | tanabike | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | たなびけ | tanabike | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | たなびかれる | tanabikareru | |
| Causative | たなびかせる たなびかす |
tanabikaseru tanabikasu | |
| Potential | たなびける | tanabikeru | |
| Volitional | たなびこう | tanabikō | |
| Negative | たなびかない | tanabikanai | |
| Negative continuative | たなびかず | tanabikazu | |
| Formal | たなびきます | tanabikimasu | |
| Perfective | たなびいた | tanabiita | |
| Conjunctive | たなびいて | tanabiite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | たなびけば | tanabikeba | |