はためく

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) ばためく (batameku)

Etymology

From はた (hata, onomatopoeia[1][2]) + めく (-meku, to show signs of, to have the appearance of, to look like, to seem like, a verb-forming suffix[2][3]).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ため [hàtáméꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠ta̠me̞kɯ̟]

Verb

はためく • (hatamekuはためく (fatameku)?intransitive godan (stem はためき (hatameki), past はためいた (hatameita))

  1. to flutter in the wind
    はためく(はた)
    hatameku hata
    fluttering flag
    (つばさ)はためかせる
    tsubasa o hatamekaseru
    to flap one's wings

Conjugation

Conjugation of "はためく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") はためか hatameka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") はためき hatameki
Shūshikei ("terminal") はためく hatameku
Rentaikei ("attributive") はためく hatameku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") はためけ hatameke
Meireikei ("imperative") はためけ hatameke
Key constructions
Passive はためかれる hatamekareru
Causative はためかせる
はためかす
hatamekaseru
hatamekasu
Potential はためける hatamekeru
Volitional はためこう hatamekō
Negative はためかない hatamekanai
Negative continuative はためかず hatamekazu
Formal はためきます hatamekimasu
Perfective はためいた hatameita
Conjunctive はためいて hatameite
Hypothetical conditional はためけば hatamekeba

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ はためく”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006