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Conjugation of Japanese verb 明く - open - aku

godan verb

    Variant

    Stem

    Conjugation

    Reading

    a

    Meaning

    open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明く

    Reading

    あく
    aku

    Meaning

    to open / does open / will open

    Variant

    Negative

    Conjugation

    明かない

    Reading

    あかない
    akanai

    Meaning

    to not open / does not open / will not open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明きます

    Reading

    あきます
    akimasu

    Meaning

    to open / does open / will open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明きません

    Reading

    あきません
    akimasen

    Meaning

    to not open / does not open / will not open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明いた

    Reading

    あいた
    aita

    Meaning

    did open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明かなかった

    Reading

    あかなかった
    akanakatta

    Meaning

    did not open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明きました

    Reading

    あきました
    akimashita

    Meaning

    did open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明きませんでした

    Reading

    あきませんでした
    akimasendeshita

    Meaning

    did not open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明いて

    Reading

    あいて
    aite

    Meaning

    open, and...

    Variant

    Negative I

    Conjugation

    明かないで

    Reading

    あかないで
    akanaide

    Meaning

    not open, and...

    Variant

    Negative II

    Conjugation

    明かなくて

    Reading

    あかなくて
    akanakute

    Meaning

    not open, and...

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明きまして

    Reading

    あきまして
    akimashite

    Meaning

    open, and...

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明きませんで

    Reading

    あきませんで
    akimasende

    Meaning

    not open, and...

    Variant

    Abrupt

    Conjugation

    明け

    Reading

    あけ
    ake

    Meaning

    open!

    Variant

    Abrupt Negative

    Conjugation

    明くな

    Reading

    あくな
    akuna

    Meaning

    do not open!

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明きなさい

    Reading

    あきなさい
    akinasai

    Meaning

    open!

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明きなさるな

    Reading

    あきなさるな
    akinasaruna

    Meaning

    do not open!

    Variant

    Polite I

    Conjugation

    明いてください

    Reading

    あいてください
    aitekudasai

    Meaning

    please open

    Variant

    Polite II

    Conjugation

    お明きください

    Reading

    おあきください
    oakikudasai

    Meaning

    kindly open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明かないでください

    Reading

    あかないでください
    akanaidekudasai

    Meaning

    please do not open

    Variant

    Honorific

    Conjugation

    お明きなさいませ

    Reading

    おあきなさいませ
    oakinasaimase

    Meaning

    please open

    Variant

    Honorific Negative

    Conjugation

    お明きなさいますな

    Reading

    おあきなさいますな
    oakinasaimasuna

    Meaning

    please do not open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明いている

    Reading

    あいている
    aiteiru

    Meaning

    is doing open / is open(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明いています

    Reading

    あいています
    aiteimasu

    Meaning

    is doing open / is open(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明いていません

    Reading

    あいていません
    aiteimasen

    Meaning

    is not doing open / is not open(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明いていた

    Reading

    あいていた
    aiteita

    Meaning

    was doing open / was open(ing)

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明いていました

    Reading

    あいていました
    aiteimashita

    Meaning

    was doing open / was open(ing)

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明いていませんでした

    Reading

    あいていませんでした
    aiteimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not doing open / was not open(ing)

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明こう

    Reading

    あこう
    akou

    Meaning

    let's open / will open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明くまい

    Reading

    あくまい
    akumai

    Meaning

    let's not open / will not open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明きましょう

    Reading

    あきましょう
    akimashou

    Meaning

    let's open / will open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明きますまい

    Reading

    あきますまい
    akimasumai

    Meaning

    let's not open / will not open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明くだろう

    Reading

    あくだろう
    akudarou

    Meaning

    will probably open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明かないだろう

    Reading

    あかないだろう
    akanaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably not open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明くでしょう

    Reading

    あくでしょう
    akudeshou

    Meaning

    will probably open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明かないでしょう

    Reading

    あかないでしょう
    akanaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably not open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明いただろう

    Reading

    あいただろう
    aitadarou

    Meaning

    probably did open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明かなかっただろう

    Reading

    あかなかっただろう
    akanakattadarou

    Meaning

    probably did not open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明いたでしょう

    Reading

    あいたでしょう
    aitadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明かなかったでしょう

    Reading

    あかなかったでしょう
    akanakattadeshou

    Meaning

    probably did not open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明けば

    Reading

    あけば
    akeba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明かなければ

    Reading

    あかなければ
    akanakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明いたら

    Reading

    あいたら
    aitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明かなかったら

    Reading

    あかなかったら
    akanakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明きましたら

    Reading

    あきましたら
    akimashitara

    Meaning

    if/when (someone) did open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明きませんでしたら

    Reading

    あきませんでしたら
    akimasendeshitara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明ける

    Reading

    あける
    akeru

    Meaning

    can open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明けない

    Reading

    あけない
    akenai

    Meaning

    cannot open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明けます

    Reading

    あけます
    akemasu

    Meaning

    can open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明けません

    Reading

    あけません
    akemasen

    Meaning

    cannot open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明かせる

    Reading

    あかせる
    akaseru

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明かせない

    Reading

    あかせない
    akasenai

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明かせます

    Reading

    あかせます
    akasemasu

    Meaning

    make/let (someone) open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明かせません

    Reading

    あかせません
    akasemasen

    Meaning

    do not make/let (someone) open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明かれる

    Reading

    あかれる
    akareru

    Meaning

    be open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明かれない

    Reading

    あかれない
    akarenai

    Meaning

    not be open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明かれます

    Reading

    あかれます
    akaremasu

    Meaning

    be open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明かれません

    Reading

    あかれません
    akaremasen

    Meaning

    not be open

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    明いたり

    Reading

    あいたり
    aitari

    Meaning

    did things like open

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    明かなかったり

    Reading

    あかなかったり
    akanakattari

    Meaning

    did not do things like open

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    明きましたり

    Reading

    あきましたり
    akimashitari

    Meaning

    did things like open

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    明きませんでしたり

    Reading

    あきませんでしたり
    akimasendeshitari

    Meaning

    did not do things like open

    Variant

    Present Indicative

    Conjugation

    明きたい

    Reading

    あたい
    atai

    Meaning

    want to open

    Variant

    Present Negative

    Conjugation

    明きたくない

    Reading

    あたくない
    atakunai

    Meaning

    do not want to open

    Variant

    Past Indicative

    Conjugation

    明きたかった

    Reading

    あたかった
    atakatta

    Meaning

    wanted to open

    Variant

    Past Negative

    Conjugation

    明きたくなかった

    Reading

    あたくなかった
    atakunakatta

    Meaning

    did not want to open

    Variant

    Te-form

    Conjugation

    明きたくて

    Reading

    あたくて
    atakute

    Meaning

    want to open, and...

    Variant

    Negative Te-form

    Conjugation

    明きたくなくて

    Reading

    あたくなくて
    atakunakute

    Meaning

    do not want to open, and...

    Variant

    Adverbial

    Conjugation

    明きたく

    Reading

    あたく
    ataku

    Meaning

    in a way of wanting to open

    Variant

    Provisional

    Conjugation

    明きたければ

    Reading

    あたければ
    atakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) wants to open

    Variant

    Provisional Negative

    Conjugation

    明きたくなければ

    Reading

    あたくなければ
    atakunakereba

    Meaning

    if (someone) does not want to open

    Variant

    Conditional

    Conjugation

    明きたかったら

    Reading

    あたかったら
    atakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) wanted to open

    Variant

    Conditional Negative

    Conjugation

    明きたくなかったら

    Reading

    あたくなかったら
    atakunakattara

    Meaning

    if (someone) did not want to open

    Variant

    Nominal / Objective

    Conjugation

    明きたさ

    Reading

    あたさ
    atasa

    Meaning

    the desire to open

Word Detail

    word

    明く

    Meaning

    Open

Kanji in this Verb

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Bright

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