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託かこつ

かこつ · kakotsu

verb

To complain about, to grumble about, to moan about, to bemoan

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Nakadaka

falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?

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Conjugation

Polite 託ちますかこちます
Polite negative 託ちませんかこちません
Polite past 託ちましたかこちました
Polite past negative 託ちませんでしたかこちませんでした
Let us ~ 託ちましょうかこちましょう
Masu-stem 託ちかこち
Want to ~ 託ちたいかこちたい
While ~ing 託ちながらかこちながら
Te-form 託ってかこって
Plain past 託ったかこった
Tara-conditional 託ったらかこったら
Progressive 託っているかこっている
Plain negative 託たないかこたない
Plain past negative 託たなかったかこたなかった
Negative te-form 託たなくてかこたなくて
Potential 託てるかこてる
Ba-conditional 託てばかこてば
Imperative 託てかこて
Volitional 託とうかことう
Passive 託たれるかこたれる
Causative 託たせるかこたせる
Causative-passive 託たされるかこたされる

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What does 託つ mean?

To complain about, to grumble about, to moan about, to bemoan.

How do you pronounce 託つ?

かこつ (kakotsu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.

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