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泣く
Readings
なく naku
English
Godan verb with 'ku' ending Intransitive verb to cry, to shed tears, to weep, to sob usu. as ...に泣く to suffer (from), to be troubled (by), to face hardship to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.), to do reluctantly, to make sacrifices to be not worth worth the name, to suffer (of a reputation), to be spoiled, to be put to shame Transitive verb to lament, to bemoan, to bewail
Present, Future 泣く, 泣きます [does], will [do] 泣かない, 泣きません doesn't [do], will not [do] Past 泣いた, 泣きました [did] 泣かなかった, 泣きませんでした didn't [do] Te-form, Continuative 泣いて, 泣きまして 泣かないで, 泣きませんで 泣かなくて Progressive 泣いている, 泣いています [doing], to be [doing] 泣いていない, 泣いていません not [doing] Volitional 泣こう, 泣きましょう let's [do]!, I/we will [do], I/we intend to [do] 泣くまい, 泣きますまい I will not [do], I do not intend to [do] Imperative 泣け, 泣きなさい [do] ! 泣くな, 泣きなさるな don't [do] ! Request 泣いてください please [do] 泣かないでください please don't [do] Provisional 泣けば if X [does], if X [is ~] 泣かなければ if X doesn't [do], if X [is not ~] Conditional 泣いたら, 泣きましたら if X were to [do], when X [does] 泣かなかったら, 泣きませんでしたら if X weren't to [do], when X doesn't [do] Potential 泣ける, 泣けます be able to [do], can [do] 泣けない, 泣けません not be able to [do], can't [do] Passive, Respectful 泣かれる, 泣かれます is [done] (by ...), will be [done] (by ...) 泣かれない, 泣かれません isn't [done] (by ...), will not be [done] (by ...) Causative 泣かせる, 泣かせます makes/will make (someone) [do] 泣かせない, 泣かせません doesn't/won't make (someone) [do] Causative passive 泣かせられる, 泣かせられます is made/will be made to [do] (by someone) 泣かせられない, 泣かせられません isn't made/won't be made to [do] (by someone) ~たい form 泣きたい want to [do] 泣きたくない don't want to [do]