I Love Kanjiうつむく (utsumuku)
うつむく is a Japanese verb meaning “to hang one's head; to look down”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うつむく
- Romaji
- utsumuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of うつむく
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | うつむく | うつむく utsumuku |
| Polite (~masu) | うつむきます | うつむきます utsumukimasu |
| Negative | うつむかない | うつむかない utsumukanai |
| Polite negative | うつむきません | うつむきません utsumukimasen |
| Past | うつむいた | うつむいた utsumuita |
| Polite past | うつむきました | うつむきました utsumukimashita |
| Negative past | うつむかなかった | うつむかなかった utsumukanakatta |
| Te-form | うつむいて | うつむいて utsumuite |
| Potential | うつむける | うつむける utsumukeru |
| Passive | うつむかれる | うつむかれる utsumukareru |
| Causative | うつむかせる | うつむかせる utsumukaseru |
| Volitional | うつむこう | うつむこう utsumukou |
| Imperative | うつむけ | うつむけ utsumuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | うつむけば | うつむけば utsumukeba |
Source: JMdict entry 1563570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.