咲く
さく · saku
To bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 咲きますさきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 咲きませんさきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 咲きましたさきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 咲きませんでしたさきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 咲きましょうさきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 咲きさき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 咲きたいさきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 咲きながらさきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 咲いてさいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 咲いたさいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 咲いたらさいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 咲いているさいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 咲かないさかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 咲かなかったさかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 咲かなくてさかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 咲けるさける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 咲けばさけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 咲けさけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 咲こうさこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 咲かれるさかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 咲かせるさかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 咲かされるさかされる |
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What does 咲く mean?
To bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open.
How do you pronounce 咲く?
さく (saku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 咲く?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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