拭く

ふくfuku

wipe

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 響く, 取り除く, 鳴く

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拭きますふきますfukimasu
    2. negative拭きませんふきませんfukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative拭きましたふきましたfukimashita
    2. negative拭きませんでしたふきませんでしたfukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 拭いてふいてfuite
    2. request拭いてくださいふいてくださいfuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 拭きましょうふきましょうfukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative拭きたいふきたいfukitai
    2. negative拭きたくないふきたくないfukitakunai
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拭くふくfuku
    2. negative拭かないふかないfukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative拭いたふいたfuita
    2. negative拭かなかったふかなかったfukanakatta

  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拭いているふいているfuite iru
    2. polite拭いていますふいていますfuite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain拭けるふけるfukeru
    2. polite拭けますふけますfukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 拭いたらふいたらfuitara

  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拭かれるふかれるfukareru
    2. polite拭かれますふかれますfukaremasu
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. 拭こうふこうfukō

  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拭けふけfuke
    2. ban拭くなふくなfuku 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拭けばふけばfukeba
    2. negative拭かなければふかなければfukanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain拭かせるふかせるfukaseru
    2. polite拭かせますふかせますfukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain拭かせられるふかせられるfukaserareru
    2. polite拭かせられますふかせられますfukaseraremasu