ふらつく

See also: ぶらつく

Japanese

Etymology

From ふら (fura) + つく (-tsuku).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らつく [fùrátsúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ɾa̠t͡sɨkɯ̟]

Verb

ふらつく • (furatsukuintransitive godan (stem ふらつき (furatsuki), past ふらついた (furatsuita))

  1. to feel giddy; to totter; to stagger
  2. to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver
  3. to wander aimlessly; to loiter; to putter

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ふらつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ふらつか furatsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ふらつき furatsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") ふらつく furatsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") ふらつく furatsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ふらつけ furatsuke
Meireikei ("imperative") ふらつけ furatsuke
Key constructions
Passive ふらつかれる furatsukareru
Causative ふらつかせる
ふらつかす
furatsukaseru
furatsukasu
Potential ふらつける furatsukeru
Volitional ふらつこう furatsukō
Negative ふらつかない furatsukanai
Negative continuative ふらつかず furatsukazu
Formal ふらつきます furatsukimasu
Perfective ふらついた furatsuita
Conjunctive ふらついて furatsuite
Hypothetical conditional ふらつけば furatsukeba

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN