履く
はく · haku
To put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear
- to affix (a sword to one's hip)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 履きますはきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 履きませんはきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 履きましたはきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 履きませんでしたはきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 履きましょうはきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 履きはき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 履きたいはきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 履きながらはきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 履いてはいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 履いたはいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 履いたらはいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 履いているはいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 履かないはかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 履かなかったはかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 履かなくてはかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 履けるはける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 履けばはけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 履けはけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 履こうはこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 履かれるはかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 履かせるはかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 履かされるはかされる |
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What does 履く mean?
To put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear), to wear. It can also mean: to affix (a sword to one's hip).
How do you pronounce 履く?
はく (haku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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