I Love Kanji巻く (maku)
巻く (まく, maku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wind; to coil”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まく
- Romaji
- maku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf) · godan verb, transitive
- to envelope; to shroud · godan verb, transitive · usu. 巻かれる
- to outflank; to skirt · godan verb, transitive
- to link (verse) · godan verb, transitive
- to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 巻く
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 | 巻く | まく maku |
| Polite (~masu) | 巻きます | まきます makimasu |
| Negative | 巻かない | まかない makanai |
| Polite negative | 巻きません | まきません makimasen |
| Past | 巻いた | まいた maita |
| Polite past | 巻きました | まきました makimashita |
| Negative past | 巻かなかった | まかなかった makanakatta |
| Te-form | 巻いて | まいて maite |
| Potential | 巻ける | まける makeru |
| Passive | 巻かれる | まかれる makareru |
| Causative | 巻かせる | まかせる makaseru |
| Volitional | 巻こう | まこう makou |
| Imperative | 巻け | まけ make |
| Conditional (~ba) | 巻けば | まけば makeba |
Kanji in 巻く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 巻く.
Source: JMdict entry 1211200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.