色づく

See also: 色付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
色付く

Pronunciation

Verb

(いろ)づく • (irozukugodan (stem (いろ)づき (irozuki), past (いろ)づいた (irozuita))

  1. to change color; to turn color
    (こう)(よう)(じゅ)()(いろ)づく
    kōyōju no ha ga irozuku
    leaves of deciduous trees turn color
    1. to be imbued with a color
    2. to redden; to become red or become more red
  2. to ripen
    リンゴが(いろ)づく()(せつ)
    ringo ga irozuku kisetsu
    the season in which apples ripen
    1. to grow ripe; to become ripe
    2. to cause to ripen; to induce ripening

Conjugation

Conjugation of "色づく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 色づか いろづか irozuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 色づき いろづき irozuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 色づく いろづく irozuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 色づく いろづく irozuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 色づけ いろづけ irozuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 色づけ いろづけ irozuke
Key constructions
Passive 色づかれる いろづかれる irozukareru
Causative 色づかせる
色づかす
いろづかせる
いろづかす
irozukaseru
irozukasu
Potential 色づける いろづける irozukeru
Volitional 色づこう いろづこう irozukō
Negative 色づかない いろづかない irozukanai
Negative continuative 色づかず いろづかず irozukazu
Formal 色づきます いろづきます irozukimasu
Perfective 色づいた いろづいた irozuita
Conjunctive 色づいて いろづいて irozuite
Hypothetical conditional 色づけば いろづけば irozukeba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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