頂く
いただく · itadaku
To receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy
- to eat, to drink
- to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top)
- to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 頂きますいただきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 頂きませんいただきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 頂きましたいただきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 頂きませんでしたいただきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 頂きましょういただきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 頂きいただき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 頂きたいいただきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 頂きながらいただきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 頂いていただいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 頂いたいただいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 頂いたらいただいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 頂いているいただいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 頂かないいただかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 頂かなかったいただかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 頂かなくていただかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 頂けるいただける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 頂けばいただけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 頂けいただけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 頂こういただこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 頂かれるいただかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 頂かせるいただかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 頂かされるいただかされる |
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What does 頂く mean?
To receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy. It can also mean: to eat, to drink; to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top); to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president).
How do you pronounce 頂く?
いただく (itadaku). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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