I Love Kanji赴く (omomuku)
赴く (おもむく, omomuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to go in the direction of; to proceed toward”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おもむく
- Romaji
- omomuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to · godan verb, intransitive
- to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
- to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey · godan verb, intransitive · archaic
Example sentences
決心がつきかねたので、私は感情のおもむくままに行動した。
I couldn't decide what to do, so I just followed my heart.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 赴く
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 | 赴く | おもむく omomuku |
| Polite (~masu) | 赴きます | おもむきます omomukimasu |
| Negative | 赴かない | おもむかない omomukanai |
| Polite negative | 赴きません | おもむきません omomukimasen |
| Past | 赴いた | おもむいた omomuita |
| Polite past | 赴きました | おもむきました omomukimashita |
| Negative past | 赴かなかった | おもむかなかった omomukanakatta |
| Te-form | 赴いて | おもむいて omomuite |
| Potential | 赴ける | おもむける omomukeru |
| Passive | 赴かれる | おもむかれる omomukareru |
| Causative | 赴かせる | おもむかせる omomukaseru |
| Volitional | 赴こう | おもむこう omomukou |
| Imperative | 赴け | おもむけ omomuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 赴けば | おもむけば omomukeba |
Kanji in 赴く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 赴く.
赴任ふにんmoving to a different location to start a new job
Source: JMdict entry 1498190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.