I Love Kanji乾く (kawaku)
乾く (かわく, kawaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to get dry”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かわく
- Romaji
- kawaku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to get dry · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 乾く
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 | 乾く | かわく kawaku |
| Polite (~masu) | 乾きます | かわきます kawakimasu |
| Negative | 乾かない | かわかない kawakanai |
| Polite negative | 乾きません | かわきません kawakimasen |
| Past | 乾いた | かわいた kawaita |
| Polite past | 乾きました | かわきました kawakimashita |
| Negative past | 乾かなかった | かわかなかった kawakanakatta |
| Te-form | 乾いて | かわいて kawaite |
| Potential | 乾ける | かわける kawakeru |
| Passive | 乾かれる | かわかれる kawakareru |
| Causative | 乾かせる | かわかせる kawakaseru |
| Volitional | 乾こう | かわこう kawakou |
| Imperative | 乾け | かわけ kawake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 乾けば | かわけば kawakeba |
Kanji in 乾く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 乾く.
Source: JMdict entry 1209650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.