I Love Kanji振り向く (furimuku)
振り向く (ふりむく, furimuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to turn one's face; to turn around”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふりむく
- Romaji
- furimuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder · godan verb, transitive, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 振り向く
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 | 振り向く | ふりむく furimuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 振り向きます | ふりむきます furimukimasu |
| Negative | 振り向かない | ふりむかない furimukanai |
| Polite negative | 振り向きません | ふりむきません furimukimasen |
| Past | 振り向いた | ふりむいた furimuita |
| Polite past | 振り向きました | ふりむきました furimukimashita |
| Negative past | 振り向かなかった | ふりむかなかった furimukanakatta |
| Te-form | 振り向いて | ふりむいて furimuite |
| Potential | 振り向ける | ふりむける furimukeru |
| Passive | 振り向かれる | ふりむかれる furimukareru |
| Causative | 振り向かせる | ふりむかせる furimukaseru |
| Volitional | 振り向こう | ふりむこう furimukou |
| Imperative | 振り向け | ふりむけ furimuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 振り向けば | ふりむけば furimukeba |
Kanji in 振り向く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 振り向く.
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Source: JMdict entry 1361190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.