欺く
あざむく · azamuku
To deceive, to delude, to trick, to fool
- to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
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falls after mora 3 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 欺きますあざむきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 欺きませんあざむきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 欺きましたあざむきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 欺きませんでしたあざむきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 欺きましょうあざむきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 欺きあざむき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 欺きたいあざむきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 欺きながらあざむきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 欺いてあざむいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 欺いたあざむいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 欺いたらあざむいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 欺いているあざむいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 欺かないあざむかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 欺かなかったあざむかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 欺かなくてあざむかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 欺けるあざむける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 欺けばあざむけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 欺けあざむけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 欺こうあざむこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 欺かれるあざむかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 欺かせるあざむかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 欺かされるあざむかされる |
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What does 欺く mean?
To deceive, to delude, to trick, to fool. It can also mean: to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose").
How do you pronounce 欺く?
あざむく (azamuku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 欺く?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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