吐く
はく · tsuku
To breathe out, to breathe
- to tell (a lie), to use (foul language)
- to vomit, to throw up, to spit up
- to emit, to send forth, to breathe out
- to give (an opinion), to make (a comment), to express, to tell
- to confess
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 吐きますはきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 吐きませんはきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 吐きましたはきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 吐きませんでしたはきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 吐きましょうはきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 吐きはき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 吐きたいはきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 吐きながらはきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 吐いてはいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 吐いたはいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 吐いたらはいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 吐いているはいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 吐かないはかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 吐かなかったはかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 吐かなくてはかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 吐けるはける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 吐けばはけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 吐けはけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 吐こうはこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 吐かれるはかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 吐かせるはかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 吐かされるはかされる |
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What does 吐く mean?
To breathe out, to breathe. It can also mean: to tell (a lie), to use (foul language); to vomit, to throw up, to spit up; to emit, to send forth, to breathe out.
How do you pronounce 吐く?
はく (tsuku). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 吐く?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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