JLPT N1 · Verb

導く (michibiku)

導く (みちびく, michibiku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to guide; to lead”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: みちびく
Romaji: michibiku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to conduct · godan verb, transitive
to derive; to deduce · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼女は老人を部屋に導いた。

She led the old man into the room.

Tatoeba #86201

このことから、大規模な人口移動は経済変化の結果ではないという議論を導くことができる。

From this we can derive the argument that major population shifts are not the result of economic change.

Tatoeba #223791

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 導く

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	導く	みちびく michibiku
Polite (~masu)	導きます	みちびきます michibikimasu
Negative	導かない	みちびかない michibikanai
Polite negative	導きません	みちびきません michibikimasen
Past	導いた	みちびいた michibiita
Polite past	導きました	みちびきました michibikimashita
Negative past	導かなかった	みちびかなかった michibikanakatta
Te-form	導いて	みちびいて michibiite
Potential	導ける	みちびける michibikeru
Passive	導かれる	みちびかれる michibikareru
Causative	導かせる	みちびかせる michibikaseru
Volitional	導こう	みちびこう michibikou
Imperative	導け	みちびけ michibike
Conditional (~ba)	導けば	みちびけば michibikeba

Kanji in 導く

導

guidance, leading, conductドウ・みちび.く · 15 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 導く.

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Source: JMdict entry 1453680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.