欠く
かく · kaku
To chip, to nick, to break, to crack
- to lack
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 欠きますかきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 欠きませんかきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 欠きましたかきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 欠きませんでしたかきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 欠きましょうかきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 欠きかき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 欠きたいかきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 欠きながらかきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 欠いてかいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 欠いたかいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 欠いたらかいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 欠いているかいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 欠かないかかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 欠かなかったかかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 欠かなくてかかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 欠けるかける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 欠けばかけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 欠けかけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 欠こうかこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 欠かれるかかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 欠かせるかかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 欠かされるかかされる |
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What does 欠く mean?
To chip, to nick, to break, to crack. It can also mean: to lack.
How do you pronounce 欠く?
かく (kaku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 欠く?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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