I Love Kanji退く (doku)
退く (どく, doku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to step aside; to move (out of the way)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- どく
- Romaji
- doku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 退く
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 | 退く | どく doku |
| Polite (~masu) | 退きます | どきます dokimasu |
| Negative | 退かない | どかない dokanai |
| Polite negative | 退きません | どきません dokimasen |
| Past | 退いた | どいた doita |
| Polite past | 退きました | どきました dokimashita |
| Negative past | 退かなかった | どかなかった dokanakatta |
| Te-form | 退いて | どいて doite |
| Potential | 退ける | どける dokeru |
| Passive | 退かれる | どかれる dokareru |
| Causative | 退かせる | どかせる dokaseru |
| Volitional | 退こう | どこう dokou |
| Imperative | 退け | どけ doke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 退けば | どけば dokeba |
Kanji in 退く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 退く.
退院たいいんleaving hospital引退いんたいretirement退屈たいくつtedious辞退じたいdeclining退学たいがくdropping out of school退けるどけるto put something out of the way後退こうたいretreat退治たいじextermination退職たいしょくretirement脱退だったいwithdrawal (e.g. from an organization)退化たいかdegeneration
Source: JMdict entry 1595080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.