抱く

だくdaku

hold

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 描く, 吐く, 付く

  • Another 抱く

    Written the same way, 抱く read いだく is another verb, with its own page.

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative抱きますだきますdakimasu
    2. negative抱きませんだきませんdakimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative抱きましただきましたdakimashita
    2. negative抱きませんでしただきませんでしたdakimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 抱いてだいてdaite
    2. request抱いてくださいだいてくださいdaite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 抱きましょうだきましょうdakimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative抱きたいだきたいdakitai
    2. negative抱きたくないだきたくないdakitakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative抱くだくdaku
    2. negative抱かないだかないdakanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative抱いただいたdaita
    2. negative抱かなかっただかなかったdakanakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain抱いているだいているdaite iru
    2. polite抱いていますだいていますdaite imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain抱けるだけるdakeru
    2. polite抱けますだけますdakemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 抱いたらだいたらdaitara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain抱かれるだかれるdakareru
    2. polite抱かれますだかれますdakaremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 抱こうだこうdakō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order抱けだけdake
    2. ban抱くなだくなdaku na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative抱けばだけばdakeba
    2. negative抱かなければだかなければdakanakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain抱かせるだかせるdakaseru
    2. polite抱かせますだかせますdakasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain抱かせられるだかせられるdakaserareru
    2. polite抱かせられますだかせられますdakaseraremasu