I Love Kanji拭く (fuku)
拭く (ふく, fuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to wipe; to dry”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふく
- Romaji
- fuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to wipe; to dry · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 拭く
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 | 拭く | ふく fuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 拭きます | ふきます fukimasu |
| Negative | 拭かない | ふかない fukanai |
| Polite negative | 拭きません | ふきません fukimasen |
| Past | 拭いた | ふいた fuita |
| Polite past | 拭きました | ふきました fukimashita |
| Negative past | 拭かなかった | ふかなかった fukanakatta |
| Te-form | 拭いて | ふいて fuite |
| Potential | 拭ける | ふける fukeru |
| Passive | 拭かれる | ふかれる fukareru |
| Causative | 拭かせる | ふかせる fukaseru |
| Volitional | 拭こう | ふこう fukou |
| Imperative | 拭け | ふけ fuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 拭けば | ふけば fukeba |
Kanji in 拭く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 拭く.
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Source: JMdict entry 1357240 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.