撒く
まく · maku
To scatter, to sprinkle, to strew
- to distribute (flyers, etc.), to give out, to hand out
- to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.), to give the slip, to throw off, to lose, to get rid of
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 撒きますまきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 撒きませんまきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 撒きましたまきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 撒きませんでしたまきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 撒きましょうまきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 撒きまき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 撒きたいまきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 撒きながらまきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 撒いてまいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 撒いたまいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 撒いたらまいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 撒いているまいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 撒かないまかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 撒かなかったまかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 撒かなくてまかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 撒けるまける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 撒けばまけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 撒けまけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 撒こうまこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 撒かれるまかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 撒かせるまかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 撒かされるまかされる |
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What does 撒く mean?
To scatter, to sprinkle, to strew. It can also mean: to distribute (flyers, etc.), to give out, to hand out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.), to give the slip, to throw off, to lose, to get rid of.
How do you pronounce 撒く?
まく (maku). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 撒く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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