背ける

Japanese
Kanji in this term
背
そむ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) そむけ​る [sòmúkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞mɯ̟ᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

背(そむ)ける • (somukeru) ichidan (stem 背(そむ)け (somuke), past 背(そむ)けた (somuketa))

  1. to turn away; to face away
    目(め)を背(そむ)ける ― me o somukeru ― to avert one's gaze
    現実(げんじつ)から目(め)を背(そむ)ける ― genjitsu kara me o somukeru ― to refuse to face reality
    顔(かお)を背(そむ)ける ― kao o somukeru ― to look away

Conjugation
Conjugation of "背ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 背け そむけ somuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 背け そむけ somuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") 背ける そむける somukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 背ける そむける somukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 背けれ そむけれ somukere
Meireikei ("imperative") 背けよ¹
背けろ²		 そむけよ¹
そむけろ²		 somukeyo¹
somukero²
Key constructions
Passive 背けられる そむけられる somukerareru
Causative 背けさせる
背けさす		 そむけさせる
そむけさす		 somukesaseru
somukesasu
Potential 背けられる
背けれる³		 そむけられる
そむけれる³		 somukerareru
somukereru³
Volitional 背けよう そむけよう somukeyō
Negative 背けない
背けぬ
背けん		 そむけない
そむけぬ
そむけん		 somukenai
somukenu
somuken
Negative continuative 背けず そむけず somukezu
Formal 背けます そむけます somukemasu
Perfective 背けた そむけた somuketa
Conjunctive 背けて そむけて somukete
Hypothetical conditional 背ければ そむければ somukereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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