背ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そむ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) むけ [sòmúkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞mɯ̟ke̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

(そむ)ける • (somukeruichidan (stem (そむ) (somuke), past (そむ)けた (somuketa))

  1. to turn away; to face away
    ()(そむ)けるme o somukeruto avert one's gaze
    現実(げんじつ)から()(そむ)けるgenjitsu kara me o somukeruto refuse to face reality
    (かお)(そむ)けるkao o somukeruto look away

Conjugation

Conjugation of "背ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 背け そむけ somuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 背け そむけ somuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") 背ける そむける somukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 背ける そむける somukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 背けれ そむけれ somukere
Meireikei ("imperative") 背けよ¹
背けろ²
そむけよ¹
そむけろ²
somukeyo¹
somukero²
Key constructions
Passive 背けられる そむけられる somukerareru
Causative 背けさせる
背けさす
そむけさせる
そむけさす
somukesaseru
somukesasu
Potential 背けられる
背けれる³
そむけられる
そむけれる³
somukerareru
somukereru³
Volitional 背けよう そむけよう somukeyō
Negative 背けない
背けぬ
背けん
そむけない
そむけぬ
そむけん
somukenai
somukenu
somuken
Negative continuative 背けず そむけず somukezu
Formal 背けます そむけます somukemasu
Perfective 背けた そむけた somuketa
Conjunctive 背けて そむけて somukete
Hypothetical conditional 背ければ そむければ somukereba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

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