I Love Kanjiうなずく (unazuku)
うなずく is a Japanese verb meaning “to nod; to bow one's head in assent”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うなずく
- Romaji
- unazuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of うなずく
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 | うなずく | うなずく unazuku |
| Polite (~masu) | うなずきます | うなずきます unazukimasu |
| Negative | うなずかない | うなずかない unazukanai |
| Polite negative | うなずきません | うなずきません unazukimasen |
| Past | うなずいた | うなずいた unazuita |
| Polite past | うなずきました | うなずきました unazukimashita |
| Negative past | うなずかなかった | うなずかなかった unazukanakatta |
| Te-form | うなずいて | うなずいて unazuite |
| Potential | うなずける | うなずける unazukeru |
| Passive | うなずかれる | うなずかれる unazukareru |
| Causative | うなずかせる | うなずかせる unazukaseru |
| Volitional | うなずこう | うなずこう unazukou |
| Imperative | うなずけ | うなずけ unazuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | うなずけば | うなずけば unazukeba |
Source: JMdict entry 1574310 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.