I Love Kanji引き起こす (hikiokosu)
引き起こす (ひきおこす, hikiokosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to cause; to induce”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひきおこす
- Romaji
- hikiokosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke · godan verb, transitive · occ. written as 惹き起こす
- to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 引き起こす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 引き起こす | ひきおこす hikiokosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 引き起こします | ひきおこします hikiokoshimasu |
| Negative | 引き起こさない | ひきおこさない hikiokosanai |
| Polite negative | 引き起こしません | ひきおこしません hikiokoshimasen |
| Past | 引き起こした | ひきおこした hikiokoshita |
| Polite past | 引き起こしました | ひきおこしました hikiokoshimashita |
| Negative past | 引き起こさなかった | ひきおこさなかった hikiokosanakatta |
| Te-form | 引き起こして | ひきおこして hikiokoshite |
| Potential | 引き起こせる | ひきおこせる hikiokoseru |
| Passive | 引き起こされる | ひきおこされる hikiokosareru |
| Causative | 引き起こさせる | ひきおこさせる hikiokosaseru |
| Volitional | 引き起こそう | ひきおこそう hikiokosou |
| Imperative | 引き起こせ | ひきおこせ hikiokose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 引き起こせば | ひきおこせば hikiokoseba |
Kanji in 引き起こす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 引き起こす.
字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged
Source: JMdict entry 1168880 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.