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描えがき

えがき · egaki

JLPT N2 verb 連用形

is the masu-stem of 描く — to draw, to paint, to sketch.

  • to depict, to describe
  • to picture in one's mind, to imagine
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How it’s built

描く 描き

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

描く is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite 描きますえがきます
Polite negative 描きませんえがきません
Polite past 描きましたえがきました
Polite past negative 描きませんでしたえがきませんでした
Let us ~ 描きましょうえがきましょう
Masu-stem ← this one描きえがき
Want to ~ 描きたいえがきたい
While ~ing 描きながらえがきながら
Te-form 描いてえがいて
Plain past 描いたえがいた
Tara-conditional 描いたらえがいたら
Progressive 描いているえがいている
Plain negative 描かないえがかない
Plain past negative 描かなかったえがかなかった
Negative te-form 描かなくてえがかなくて
Potential 描けるえがける
Ba-conditional 描けばえがけば
Imperative 描けえがけ
Volitional 描こうえがこう
Passive 描かれるえがかれる
Causative 描かせるえがかせる
Causative-passive 描かされるえがかされる

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In real sentences

This painting was one the artist continued to work on until the end, and it remains unfinished.

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This painting is one of the themes the artist continued to paint throughout his life.

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Other forms and spellings

描きゃ描こ描こう描こっ描こふ描か描く描い
masu-stem of 描く