空く
あく · suku
To become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty
- to be hungry
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 空きますあきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 空きませんあきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 空きましたあきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 空きませんでしたあきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 空きましょうあきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 空きあき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 空きたいあきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 空きながらあきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 空いてあいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 空いたあいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 空いたらあいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 空いているあいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 空かないあかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 空かなかったあかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 空かなくてあかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 空けるあける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 空けばあけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 空けあけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 空こうあこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 空かれるあかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 空かせるあかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 空かされるあかされる |
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What does 空く mean?
To become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty. It can also mean: to be hungry.
How do you pronounce 空く?
あく (suku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 空く?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
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