抱く
いだく · idaku
To hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug
- to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
- to have sex with, to make love to, to sleep with
- to sit on (eggs), to brood
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 抱きますいだきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 抱きませんいだきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 抱きましたいだきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 抱きませんでしたいだきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 抱きましょういだきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 抱きいだき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 抱きたいいだきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 抱きながらいだきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 抱いていだいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 抱いたいだいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 抱いたらいだいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 抱いているいだいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 抱かないいだかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 抱かなかったいだかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 抱かなくていだかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 抱けるいだける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 抱けばいだけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 抱けいだけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 抱こういだこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 抱かれるいだかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 抱かせるいだかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 抱かされるいだかされる |
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What does 抱く mean?
To hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug. It can also mean: to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition); to have sex with, to make love to, to sleep with; to sit on (eggs), to brood.
How do you pronounce 抱く?
いだく (idaku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 抱く?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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