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嘆く

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なげ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
嘆く (kyūjitai)
歎く

Etymology

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From Old Japanese 嘆く (nage2ku, to sigh; to grieve over; to lament). In turn, verbalized from noun 嘆き (nage2ki1, sigh; lament), derived as a compound of (naga, long) + (iki1, breath).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「嘆く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
嘆く [nàgéꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 嘆け [nàgéꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 嘆かれる げかれ [nàgékáréꜜrù]
Causative 嘆かせる げかせ [nàgékáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 嘆こう げこ [nàgékóꜜò]
Negative 嘆かない げかない [nàgékáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 嘆かなかった げかなかった [nàgékáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 嘆きます げきま [nàgékímáꜜsù]
Perfective 嘆いた いた [nàgéꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 嘆いて いて [nàgéꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 嘆けば けば [nàgéꜜkèbà]

Verb

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(なげ) (nagekuintransitive godan (stem (なげ) (nageki), past (なげ)いた (nageita))

  1. to mourn, to lament
  2. to sigh

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ 嘆く”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN