ちかづく

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 近づく

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちかづ​く [chìkázúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) ちかづく [chìkázúkú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕika̠zɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

ちかづく • (chikazuku) intransitive godan (stem ちかづき (chikazuki), past ちかづいた (chikazuita))

Japanese verb pair
active	近付ける
mediopassive	近付く

1. approach, come nearer or become sooner
2. become familiar with someone, become closer to someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ちかづく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ちかづか	chikazuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ちかづき	chikazuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ちかづく	chikazuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ちかづく	chikazuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ちかづけ	chikazuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	ちかづけ	chikazuke
Key constructions
Passive	ちかづかれる	chikazukareru
Causative	ちかづかせる ちかづかす	chikazukaseru chikazukasu
Potential	ちかづける	chikazukeru
Volitional	ちかづこう	chikazukō
Negative	ちかづかない	chikazukanai
Negative continuative	ちかづかず	chikazukazu
Formal	ちかづきます	chikazukimasu
Perfective	ちかづいた	chikazuita
Conjunctive	ちかづいて	chikazuite
Hypothetical conditional	ちかづけば	chikazukeba

Classical conjugation of "ちかづく" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	ちかづか		tikaduka
Continuative (連用形)	ちかづき		tikaduki
Terminal (終止形)	ちかづく		tikaduku
Attributive (連体形)	ちかづく		tikaduku
Realis (已然形)	ちかづけ		tikaduke
Imperative (命令形)	ちかづけ		tikaduke
Key constructions
Negative	ちかづかず		tikadukazu
Contrasting conjunction	ちかづけど		tikadukedo
Causal conjunction	ちかづけば		tikadukeba
Conditional conjunction	ちかづかば		tikadukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	ちかづきき		tikadukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	ちかづきけり		tikadukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	ちかづきつ		tikadukitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	ちかづきぬ		tikadukinu
Perfect-continuative tense	ちかづけり ちかづきたり		tikadukeri tikadukitari
Volitional	ちかづかむ		tikadukamu