JLPT N2 · Verb

傾く (katamuku)

傾く (かたむく, katamuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to incline toward; to slant”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かたむく
Romaji: katamuku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to · godan verb, intransitive
to go down (sun, moon); to sink · godan verb, intransitive
to decline; to wane; to ebb; to fall away · godan verb, intransitive
to tend (towards); to be inclined (to); to come around to (opinion, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

そのポールは左に傾いた。

The pole inclined to the left.

Tatoeba #212631

太陽が西に傾いた。

The sun declined westward.

Tatoeba #138158

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 傾く

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	傾く	かたむく katamuku
Polite (~masu)	傾きます	かたむきます katamukimasu
Negative	傾かない	かたむかない katamukanai
Polite negative	傾きません	かたむきません katamukimasen
Past	傾いた	かたむいた katamuita
Polite past	傾きました	かたむきました katamukimashita
Negative past	傾かなかった	かたむかなかった katamukanakatta
Te-form	傾いて	かたむいて katamuite
Potential	傾ける	かたむける katamukeru
Passive	傾かれる	かたむかれる katamukareru
Causative	傾かせる	かたむかせる katamukaseru
Volitional	傾こう	かたむこう katamukou
Imperative	傾け	かたむけ katamuke
Conditional (~ba)	傾けば	かたむけば katamukeba

Kanji in 傾く

傾

lean, incline, tiltケイ・かたむ.く・かたむ.ける · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 傾く.

傾向けいこうtendency傾斜けいしゃinclination傾けるかたむけるto incline

Source: JMdict entry 1578210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.