I Love Kanji呟く (tsubuyaku)
呟く (つぶやく, tsubuyaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to mutter; to murmur”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つぶやく
- Romaji
- tsubuyaku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to mutter; to murmur; to grumble · godan verb, transitive, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to tweet; to post on Twitter · godan verb, transitive, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 呟く
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 | 呟く | つぶやく tsubuyaku |
| Polite (~masu) | 呟きます | つぶやきます tsubuyakimasu |
| Negative | 呟かない | つぶやかない tsubuyakanai |
| Polite negative | 呟きません | つぶやきません tsubuyakimasen |
| Past | 呟いた | つぶやいた tsubuyaita |
| Polite past | 呟きました | つぶやきました tsubuyakimashita |
| Negative past | 呟かなかった | つぶやかなかった tsubuyakanakatta |
| Te-form | 呟いて | つぶやいて tsubuyaite |
| Potential | 呟ける | つぶやける tsubuyakeru |
| Passive | 呟かれる | つぶやかれる tsubuyakareru |
| Causative | 呟かせる | つぶやかせる tsubuyakaseru |
| Volitional | 呟こう | つぶやこう tsubuyakou |
| Imperative | 呟け | つぶやけ tsubuyake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 呟けば | つぶやけば tsubuyakeba |
Kanji in 呟く
Source: JMdict entry 1565120 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.