暴く
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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暴 |
あば Grade: 5 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
Recorded since at least the early 1100s CE.[1] Likely cognate with 荒ら (abara, “with large gaps, wide open; wild, ruined”, adjective), 暴れる (abareru, “to be violent, to be wild”, verb).
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Verb
暴く • (abaku) transitive godan (stem 暴き (abaki), past 暴いた (abaita))
- disclose (a secret), expose (a crime), lay bare, divulge
- Tanaka Corpus
- 彼らの秘密が全部暴かれた。
- Karera no himitsu ga zenbu abakareta.
- All their secrets have been revealed.
- 彼らの秘密が全部暴かれた。
- Tanaka Corpus
Conjugation
Conjugation of "暴く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 暴か | あばか | abaka |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 暴き | あばき | abaki |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 暴く | あばく | abaku |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 暴く | あばく | abaku |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 暴け | あばけ | abake |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 暴け | あばけ | abake |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 暴かれる | あばかれる | abakareru |
Causative | 暴かせる 暴かす |
あばかせる あばかす |
abakaseru abakasu |
Potential | 暴ける | あばける | abakeru |
Volitional | 暴こう | あばこう | abakō |
Negative | 暴かない | あばかない | abakanai |
Negative continuative | 暴かず | あばかず | abakazu |
Formal | 暴きます | あばきます | abakimasu |
Perfective | 暴いた | あばいた | abaita |
Conjunctive | 暴いて | あばいて | abaite |
Hypothetical conditional | 暴けば | あばけば | abakeba |
Related terms
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN