とおのく

Japanese

Alternative spellings
遠退く遠のく

Etymology

From 遠(とお) (tō-) + 退(の)く (noku).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とおのく [tòónóꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːno̞kɯ̟]

Verb

とおのく • (tōnoku) ^{←とほのく (tofonoku)^?}godan (stem とおのき (tōnoki), past とおのいた (tōnoita))

to become distant
Synonym: とおざかる (tōzakaru)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "とおのく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	とおのか	tōnoka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	とおのき	tōnoki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	とおのく	tōnoku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	とおのく	tōnoku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	とおのけ	tōnoke
Meireikei ("imperative")	とおのけ	tōnoke
Key constructions
Passive	とおのかれる	tōnokareru
Causative	とおのかせるとおのかす	tōnokaseru tōnokasu
Potential	とおのける	tōnokeru
Volitional	とおのこう	tōnokō
Negative	とおのかない	tōnokanai
Negative continuative	とおのかず	tōnokazu
Formal	とおのきます	tōnokimasu
Perfective	とおのいた	tōnoita
Conjunctive	とおのいて	tōnoite
Hypothetical conditional	とおのけば	tōnokeba

References

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