Godan verb (く)

剥くむく

muku

to peel · N2

Also read むく: 向く (face). All 2 words

剥く (むく, muku) — to peel — is a godan verb ending in く: むいて (te-form), むいた (past), むかない (negative), むきます (polite).

It is transitive: it takes a direct object. It is usually written in kana: むく rather than 剥く. It also means to skin; to pare.

How むく 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.

かむかないnegative

きむきますpolite present

くむくdictionary form

けむけるpotentialむけばif

こむこうvolitional

The て and た forms · く → いて, いたいむいてte-formむいた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.

Aa Dimmed forms are too rare in everyday Japanese for the game to quiz.

PLAIN

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	むく剥く muku
past N5 I peeled it.	むいた剥いた muita
negative N5 I don't peel it.	むかない剥かない mukanai
te-form N5 I peel it and …	むいて剥いて muite
past negative N4 I didn't peel it.	むかなかった剥かなかった mukanakatta
volitional N4 Let's peel it.	むこう剥こう mukou
potential N3	むける剥ける mukeru
cond. ば N3 If I peel it, ...	むけば剥けば mukeba
cond. たら N3 When I peel it, ...	むいたら剥いたら muitara
passive N2 It gets peeled.	むかれる剥かれる mukareru
causative N2 I make someone peel it.	むかせる剥かせる mukaseru
imperative N1	むけ剥け muke

POLITE

Form	Conjugation	Audio
present N5	むきます剥きます mukimasu
past N5 I peeled it.	むきました剥きました mukimashita
negative N5 I don't peel it.	むきません剥きません mukimasen
past negative N4 I didn't peel it.	むきませんでした剥きませんでした mukimasendeshita
volitional N4 Let's peel it.	むきましょう剥きましょう mukimashou

ASPECT

Form	Conjugation	Audio
ている N4 I'm peeling it.	むいている剥いている muiteiru
ていた N4 I was peeling it.	むいていた剥いていた muiteita
ています N4 I'm peeling it.	むいています剥いています muiteimasu
ていました N4 I was peeling it.	むいていました剥いていました muiteimashita