Godan verb (く)
轢くひく
hikuAlso read ひく: 引く (pull), 弾く (play). All 3 words
轢く (ひく, hiku) — to run over — is a godan verb ending in く: ひいて (te-form), ひいた (past), ひかない (negative), ひきます (polite).
It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It is usually written in kana: ひく rather than 轢く. It also means to knock down.
How ひく 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.
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.
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PLAIN
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ひく 轢く hiku | |
| past N5 I ran over something. | ひいた 轢いた hiita | |
| negative N5 I don't run it over. | ひかない 轢かない hikanai | |
| te-form N5 Run over someone and … | ひいて 轢いて hiite | |
| past negative N4 I didn't run it over. | ひかなかった 轢かなかった hikanakatta | |
| volitional N4 | ひこう 轢こう hikou | |
| potential N3 | ひける 轢ける hikeru | |
| cond. ば N3 If I run it over, ... | ひけば 轢けば hikeba | |
| cond. たら N3 When I run it over, ... | ひいたら 轢いたら hiitara | |
| passive N2 I get run over. | ひかれる 轢かれる hikareru | |
| causative N2 I make someone run it over. | ひかせる 轢かせる hikaseru | |
| imperative N1 | ひけ 轢け hike |
POLITE
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| present N5 | ひきます 轢きます hikimasu | |
| past N5 I ran over something. | ひきました 轢きました hikimashita | |
| negative N5 I don't run it over. | ひきません 轢きません hikimasen | |
| past negative N4 I didn't run it over. | ひきませんでした 轢きませんでした hikimasendeshita | |
| volitional N4 Let's run it over. | ひきましょう 轢きましょう hikimashou |
ASPECT
| Form | Conjugation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| ている N4 I'm running someone over. | ひいている 轢いている hiiteiru | |
| ていた N4 I was running it over. | ひいていた 轢いていた hiiteita | |
| ています N4 I'm running someone over. | ひいています 轢いています hiiteimasu | |
| ていました N4 I was running it over. | ひいていました 轢いていました hiiteimashita |