だきつく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
抱き付く抱付く抱きつく

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だきつく [dàkítsúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [da̠kʲit͡sɨkɯ̟]

Verb

だきつく • (dakitsuku) ^{←だきつく (dakituku)^?}godan (stem だきつき (dakitsuki), past だきついた (dakitsuita))

to cling to; to embrace; to hug
幼(よう)稚(ち)園(えん)から帰(かえ)るなり、母(はは)に抱(だ)きついてきました。
Yōchien kara kaeru nari, haha ni dakitsuite kimashita.
As soon as she returned from kindergarten, she clung to her mom.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "だきつく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	だきつか	dakitsuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	だきつき	dakitsuki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	だきつく	dakitsuku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	だきつく	dakitsuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	だきつけ	dakitsuke
Meireikei ("imperative")	だきつけ	dakitsuke
Key constructions
Passive	だきつかれる	dakitsukareru
Causative	だきつかせるだきつかす	dakitsukaseru dakitsukasu
Potential	だきつける	dakitsukeru
Volitional	だきつこう	dakitsukō
Negative	だきつかない	dakitsukanai
Negative continuative	だきつかず	dakitsukazu
Formal	だきつきます	dakitsukimasu
Perfective	だきついた	dakitsuita
Conjunctive	だきついて	dakitsuite
Hypothetical conditional	だきつけば	dakitsukeba

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN