拭く
ふく · fuku
To wipe, to dry
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| Polite (ます形) | 拭きますふきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 拭きませんふきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 拭きましたふきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 拭きませんでしたふきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 拭きましょうふきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 拭きふき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 拭きたいふきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 拭きながらふきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 拭いてふいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 拭いたふいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 拭いたらふいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 拭いているふいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 拭かないふかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 拭かなかったふかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 拭かなくてふかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 拭けるふける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 拭けばふけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 拭けふけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 拭こうふこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 拭かれるふかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 拭かせるふかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 拭かされるふかされる |
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What does 拭く mean?
To wipe, to dry.
How do you pronounce 拭く?
ふく (fuku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 拭く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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