吹雪く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふぶ
Grade: S Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

Historically ふふく (fufuku),[1] from ふふ (fufu), which expresses the state of the wind blowing.[2]

Compare also () (fuku, to blow), which often becomes () (buku) through rendaku.

Pronunciation

Verb

吹雪(ふぶ) • (fubukuintransitive godan (stem 吹雪(ふぶ) (fubuki), past 吹雪(ふぶ)いた (fubuita))

  1. (of wind) to blow violently
  2. (of wind) to blow while snow is falling

Conjugation

Conjugation of "吹雪く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 吹雪か ふぶか fubuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 吹雪き ふぶき fubuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 吹雪く ふぶく fubuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 吹雪く ふぶく fubuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 吹雪け ふぶけ fubuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 吹雪け ふぶけ fubuke
Key constructions
Passive 吹雪かれる ふぶかれる fubukareru
Causative 吹雪かせる
吹雪かす
ふぶかせる
ふぶかす
fubukaseru
fubukasu
Potential 吹雪ける ふぶける fubukeru
Volitional 吹雪こう ふぶこう fubukō
Negative 吹雪かない ふぶかない fubukanai
Negative continuative 吹雪かず ふぶかず fubukazu
Formal 吹雪きます ふぶきます fubukimasu
Perfective 吹雪いた ふぶいた fubuita
Conjunctive 吹雪いて ふぶいて fubuite
Hypothetical conditional 吹雪けば ふぶけば fubukeba
Classical conjugation of "吹雪く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 吹雪か ふぶか fubuka
Continuative (連用形) 吹雪き ふぶき fubuki
Terminal (終止形) 吹雪く ふぶく fubuku
Attributive (連体形) 吹雪く ふぶく fubuku
Realis (已然形) 吹雪け ふぶけ fubuke
Imperative (命令形) 吹雪け ふぶけ fubuke
Key constructions
Negative 吹雪かず ふぶかず fubukazu
Contrasting conjunction 吹雪けど ふぶけど fubukedo
Causal conjunction 吹雪けば ふぶけば fubukeba
Conditional conjunction 吹雪かば ふぶかば fubukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 吹雪きき ふぶきき fubukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 吹雪きけり ふぶきけり fubukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 吹雪きつ ふぶきつ fubukitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 吹雪きぬ ふぶきぬ fubukinu
Perfect-continuative tense 吹雪けり
吹雪きたり
ふぶけり
ふぶきたり
fubukeri
fubukitari
Volitional 吹雪かむ ふぶかむ fubukamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN