I Love Kanji囁く (sasayaku)
囁く (ささやく, sasayaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to whisper; to murmur”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ささやく
- Romaji
- sasayaku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to whisper; to murmur · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to rumor; to rumour · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana · usu. in the passive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 囁く
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 | 囁く | ささやく sasayaku |
| Polite (~masu) | 囁きます | ささやきます sasayakimasu |
| Negative | 囁かない | ささやかない sasayakanai |
| Polite negative | 囁きません | ささやきません sasayakimasen |
| Past | 囁いた | ささやいた sasayaita |
| Polite past | 囁きました | ささやきました sasayakimashita |
| Negative past | 囁かなかった | ささやかなかった sasayakanakatta |
| Te-form | 囁いて | ささやいて sasayaite |
| Potential | 囁ける | ささやける sasayakeru |
| Passive | 囁かれる | ささやかれる sasayakareru |
| Causative | 囁かせる | ささやかせる sasayakaseru |
| Volitional | 囁こう | ささやこう sasayakou |
| Imperative | 囁け | ささやけ sasayake |
| Conditional (~ba) | 囁けば | ささやけば sasayakeba |
Kanji in 囁く
Source: JMdict entry 1565670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.