焼く
やく · yaku
To burn
- to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue
- to heat, to heat up
- to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 焼きますやきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 焼きませんやきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 焼きましたやきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 焼きませんでしたやきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 焼きましょうやきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 焼きやき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 焼きたいやきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 焼きながらやきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 焼いてやいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 焼いたやいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 焼いたらやいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 焼いているやいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 焼かないやかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 焼かなかったやかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 焼かなくてやかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 焼けるやける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 焼けばやけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 焼けやけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 焼こうやこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 焼かれるやかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 焼かせるやかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 焼かされるやかされる |
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What does 焼く mean?
To burn. It can also mean: to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue; to heat, to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn.
How do you pronounce 焼く?
やく (yaku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 焼く?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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