I Love Kanji輝く (kagayaku)
輝く (かがやく, kagayaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shine; to sparkle”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かがやく
- Romaji
- kagayaku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glitter; to glisten · godan verb, intransitive
- to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam; to glow · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 輝く
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 | 輝く | かがやく kagayaku |
| Polite (~masu) | 輝きます | かがやきます kagayakimasu |
| Negative | 輝かない | かがやかない kagayakanai |
| Polite negative | 輝きません | かがやきません kagayakimasen |
| Past | 輝いた | かがやいた kagayaita |
| Polite past | 輝きました | かがやきました kagayakimashita |
| Negative past | 輝かなかった | かがやかなかった kagayakanakatta |
| Te-form | 輝いて | かがやいて kagayaite |
| Potential | 輝ける | かがやける kagayakeru |
| Passive | 輝かれる | かがやかれる kagayakareru |
| Causative | 輝かせる | かがやかせる kagayakaseru |
| Volitional | 輝こう | かがやこう kagayakou |
| Imperative | 輝け | かがやけ kagayake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 輝けば | かがやけば kagayakeba |
Kanji in 輝く
Source: JMdict entry 1224020 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.