Godan verb (く)
拭くふく
fukuAlso read ふく: 吹く (blow). All 2 words
拭く (ふく, fuku) — to wipe — is a godan verb ending in く: 拭いて (te-form), 拭いた (past), 拭かない (negative), 拭きます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It also means to dry.
How 拭く conjugates · godan く-verb
Only the last kana changes: く becomes か, き, け or こ.
Which one depends on the ending. The five are one line of the hiragana chart — same consonant, vowels あ・い・う・え・お — and everything before that kana never changes.
か拭かないnegative
き拭きますpolite present
く拭くdictionary form
け拭けるpotential拭けばif
こ拭こうvolitional
The て and た forms · く → いて, いた
い拭いてte-form拭いたpast
The て and た forms are the only two that don't follow this pattern. Every く- and ぐ-verb changes the same way there; only 行く is different.
N5 N tags give the JLPT level at which the game starts quizzing a form.
PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 拭く ふく fuku | |
| past N5 I wiped it. | 拭いた ふいた fuita | |
| negative N5 I don't wipe it. | 拭かない ふかない fukanai | |
| te-form N5 I wipe it and … | 拭いて ふいて fuite | |
| past negative N4 I didn't wipe it. | 拭かなかった ふかなかった fukanakatta | |
| volitional N4 Let's wipe it. | 拭こう ふこう fukou | |
| potential N3 I can wipe it. | 拭ける ふける fukeru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I wipe it, ... | 拭けば ふけば fukeba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I wipe it, ... | 拭いたら ふいたら fuitara | |
| passive N2 It gets wiped. | 拭かれる ふかれる fukareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone wipe it. | 拭かせる ふかせる fukaseru | |
| imperative N1 Wipe it! | 拭け ふけ fuke |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | 拭きます ふきます fukimasu | |
| past N5 I wiped it. | 拭きました ふきました fukimashita | |
| negative N5 I don't wipe it. | 拭きません ふきません fukimasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't wipe it. | 拭きませんでした ふきませんでした fukimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's wipe it. | 拭きましょう ふきましょう fukimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm wiping it. | 拭いている ふいている fuiteiru | |
| ていた N4 I was wiping it. | 拭いていた ふいていた fuiteita | |
| ています N4 I'm wiping it. | 拭いています ふいています fuiteimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was wiping it. | 拭いていました ふいていました fuiteimashita |