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描く

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「描く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
描く [káꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 描け [káꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 描かれる かれ [kàkáréꜜrù]
Causative 描かせる かせ [kàkáséꜜrù]
Potential 描ける [kàkéꜜrù]
Volitional 描こう [kàkóꜜò]
Negative 描かない ない [kàkáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 描かなかった なかった [kàkáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 描きます きま [kàkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 描いた いた [káꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 描いて いて [káꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 描けば けば [káꜜkèbà]

Verb

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() (kakutransitive godan (stem () (kaki), past ()いた (kaita))

  1. to paint; to draw
  2. to picture; to portray; to depict
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
えが
Grade: S
kun'yomi

/weɡaku/ > /eɡaku/

Compound of (e, picture) +‎ 書く (kaku, write). Literally "to write a picture", ie, "to draw". The kaku changes to gaku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) [ègáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ɡa̠kɯ̟]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「描く
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
描く [ègáꜜkù]
Imperative (命令形) 描け [ègáꜜkè]
Key constructions
Passive 描かれる がかれ [ègákáréꜜrù]
Causative 描かせる がかせ [ègákáséꜜrù]
Potential 描ける がけ [ègákéꜜrù]
Volitional 描こう がこ [ègákóꜜò]
Negative 描かない がかない [ègákáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 描かなかった がかなかった [ègákáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 描きます がきま [ègákímáꜜsù]
Perfective 描いた いた [ègáꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 描いて いて [ègáꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 描けば けば [ègáꜜkèbà]

Verb

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(えが) (egakuゑがく (wegaku)?transitive godan (stem (えが) (egaki), past (えが)いた (egaita))

  1. to paint; to draw
    (かれ)カンバス(うつく)しい風景(ふうけい)(えが)いた
    Kare wa kanbasu de utsukushii fūkei o egaita.
    He painted a beautiful scenery on the canvas.
  2. to picture; to portray; to depict
  3. to imagine
Conjugation
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN