I Love Kanji嘆く (nageku)
嘆く (なげく, nageku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lament; to grieve”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なげく
- Romaji
- nageku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to lament; to grieve; to regret · godan verb, transitive, intransitive
- to deplore · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 嘆く
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 | 嘆く | なげく nageku |
| Polite (~masu) | 嘆きます | なげきます nagekimasu |
| Negative | 嘆かない | なげかない nagekanai |
| Polite negative | 嘆きません | なげきません nagekimasen |
| Past | 嘆いた | なげいた nageita |
| Polite past | 嘆きました | なげきました nagekimashita |
| Negative past | 嘆かなかった | なげかなかった nagekanakatta |
| Te-form | 嘆いて | なげいて nageite |
| Potential | 嘆ける | なげける nagekeru |
| Passive | 嘆かれる | なげかれる nagekareru |
| Causative | 嘆かせる | なげかせる nagekaseru |
| Volitional | 嘆こう | なげこう nagekou |
| Imperative | 嘆け | なげけ nageke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 嘆けば | なげけば nagekeba |
Kanji in 嘆く
Source: JMdict entry 1418090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.