輝く
かがやく · kagayaku
To shine, to sparkle, to twinkle, to glitter, to glisten
- to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.), to beam, to gleam, to glow
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 輝きますかがやきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 輝きませんかがやきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 輝きましたかがやきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 輝きませんでしたかがやきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 輝きましょうかがやきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 輝きかがやき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 輝きたいかがやきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 輝きながらかがやきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 輝いてかがやいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 輝いたかがやいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 輝いたらかがやいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 輝いているかがやいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 輝かないかがやかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 輝かなかったかがやかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 輝かなくてかがやかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 輝けるかがやける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 輝けばかがやけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 輝けかがやけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 輝こうかがやこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 輝かれるかがやかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 輝かせるかがやかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 輝かされるかがやかされる |
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What does 輝く mean?
To shine, to sparkle, to twinkle, to glitter, to glisten. It can also mean: to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.), to beam, to gleam, to glow.
How do you pronounce 輝く?
かがやく (kagayaku). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 輝く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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