JLPT N3 · Verb

焚く (taku)

焚く (たく, taku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to burn; to kindle”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たく
Romaji: taku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire); to make (a fire) · godan verb, transitive
to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to stoke (a boiler) · godan verb, transitive
to use (a camera flash) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

とても寒かったので火をたいた。

It was so cold that we made a fire.

Tatoeba #200612

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 焚く

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	焚く	たく taku
Polite (~masu)	焚きます	たきます takimasu
Negative	焚かない	たかない takanai
Polite negative	焚きません	たきません takimasen
Past	焚いた	たいた taita
Polite past	焚きました	たきました takimashita
Negative past	焚かなかった	たかなかった takanakatta
Te-form	焚いて	たいて taite
Potential	焚ける	たける takeru
Passive	焚かれる	たかれる takareru
Causative	焚かせる	たかせる takaseru
Volitional	焚こう	たこう takou
Imperative	焚け	たけ take
Conditional (~ba)	焚けば	たけば takeba

Kanji in 焚く

burn, kindle, build a fireフン・ホン・た.く・や.く · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 焚く.

焚火たきびopen-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse)

Source: JMdict entry 1596840 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.