挽く
ひく · hiku
To saw
- to grind (e.g. coffee beans), to mill
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 挽きますひきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 挽きませんひきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 挽きましたひきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 挽きませんでしたひきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 挽きましょうひきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 挽きひき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 挽きたいひきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 挽きながらひきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 挽いてひいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 挽いたひいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 挽いたらひいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 挽いているひいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 挽かないひかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 挽かなかったひかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 挽かなくてひかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 挽けるひける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 挽けばひけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 挽けひけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 挽こうひこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 挽かれるひかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 挽かせるひかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 挽かされるひかされる |
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Questions
What does 挽く mean?
To saw. It can also mean: to grind (e.g. coffee beans), to mill.
How do you pronounce 挽く?
ひく (hiku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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