Japanese

はく

はく
Meaning: to wear (on the feet or legs); to vomit; to sweep; to emit
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present はく はかない
Polite はきます はきません
Past はいた はかなかった
Polite + Past はきました はきませんでした
Te-form はいて はかなくて
Potential はける はけない
Passive はかれる はかれない
Causative はかせる はかせない
Causative + Passive はかされる はかされない
Imperative はけ はくな

Handwriting

は
く

Example

I went out wearing new shoes.

Usage Notes

A homophonous verb with multiple meanings: wearing footwear/pants, vomiting, sweeping, or emitting (like smoke). Usually written in kanji to disambiguate (履く, 吐く, 掃く).

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