空く

あくaku

become available

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, 拭く, 鳴く, 開く

  • Another 空く

    Written the same way, 空く read すく is another verb, with its own page.

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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空きますあきますakimasu
    2. negative空きませんあきませんakimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative空きましたあきましたakimashita
    2. negative空きませんでしたあきませんでしたakimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 空いてあいてaite
    2. request空いてくださいあいてくださいaite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 空きましょうあきましょうakimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative空きたいあきたいakitai
    2. negative空きたくないあきたくないakitakunai
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空くあくaku
    2. negative空かないあかないakanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative空いたあいたaita
    2. negative空かなかったあかなかったakanakatta

  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空いているあいているaite iru
    2. polite空いていますあいていますaite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain空けるあけるakeru
    2. polite空けますあけますakemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 空いたらあいたらaitara

  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空かれるあかれるakareru
    2. polite空かれますあかれますakaremasu
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. 空こうあこうakō

  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空けあけake
    2. ban空くなあくなaku 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空けばあけばakeba
    2. negative空かなければあかなければakanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain空かせるあかせるakaseru
    2. polite空かせますあかせますakasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain空かせられるあかせられるakaserareru
    2. polite空かせられますあかせられますakaseraremasu