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表層形
翔く
ハバタク
動詞

翔く (ハバタク)

Habataku · はばたく — to flap (wings); to spread one's wings, to go out into the world

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翔く in rōmaji: habataku.

動詞 一般 * *
📝 羽ばたく 🔤 五段-カ行 📐 終止形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月31日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
翔く
見出し語 (Lemma)
羽ばたく
読み (Reading)
ハバタク
品詞 (POS)
動詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
五段-カ行
活用形 (Conj. Form)
終止形-一般
表記 (Orthography)
翔く
読み・基本形
ハバタク
表記・基本形
翔く
見出し語の読み
ハバタク
How it's used

Used in formal or literary contexts to mean 'flap wings' or 'spread wings' figuratively; in everyday speech, 'hane o ugokasu' or 'habataki' is more common.

鳥が空を翔く。
Tori ga sora o habataku.
Birds flap their wings in the sky.

若者が世界へ翔く。
Wakamono ga sekai e habataku.
Young people spread their wings into the world.

⚖️ Commonly confused with 'tobu' (to fly); 'habataku' specifically refers to flapping wings, not the act of flying.

💡 English Meaning

翔く means “to flap (wings); to spread one's wings, to go out into the world” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

羽ばたく (ハバタク) — main entry →

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ハバタク
Lemma: 羽ばたく
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
ます形 (Polite)
羽ばたきます
て形 (Te-form)
羽ばたいて
過去形 (Past)
羽ばたいた
否定形 (Negative)
羽ばたかない
意向形 (Volitional)
羽ばたきましょう
可能形 (Potential)
羽ばたける
受身形 (Passive)
羽ばたかれる
使役形 (Causative)
羽ばたかせる
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma?
The surface form (翔く) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (羽ばたく) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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