呻く
うめく · umeku
To moan, to groan
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 呻きますうめきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 呻きませんうめきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 呻きましたうめきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 呻きませんでしたうめきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 呻きましょううめきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 呻きうめき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 呻きたいうめきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 呻きながらうめきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 呻いてうめいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 呻いたうめいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 呻いたらうめいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 呻いているうめいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 呻かないうめかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 呻かなかったうめかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 呻かなくてうめかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 呻けるうめける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 呻けばうめけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 呻けうめけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 呻こううめこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 呻かれるうめかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 呻かせるうめかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 呻かされるうめかされる |
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Questions
What does 呻く mean?
To moan, to groan.
How do you pronounce 呻く?
うめく (umeku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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