傾く
かたむく · katamuku
To incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to
- to go down (sun, moon), to sink
- to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away
- to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 傾きますかたむきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 傾きませんかたむきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 傾きましたかたむきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 傾きませんでしたかたむきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 傾きましょうかたむきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 傾きかたむき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 傾きたいかたむきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 傾きながらかたむきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 傾いてかたむいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 傾いたかたむいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 傾いたらかたむいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 傾いているかたむいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 傾かないかたむかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 傾かなかったかたむかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 傾かなくてかたむかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 傾けるかたむける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 傾けばかたむけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 傾けかたむけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 傾こうかたむこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 傾かれるかたむかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 傾かせるかたむかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 傾かされるかたむかされる |
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What does 傾く mean?
To incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to. It can also mean: to go down (sun, moon), to sink; to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away; to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.).
How do you pronounce 傾く?
かたむく (katamuku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 傾く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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