Vocabulary

とく

Part of speech
Godan verb with ku ending, transitive verb
Frequency
Popular

Reading

  • とく
    Godan verb with ku endingtransitive verb

Other forms

Meanings

  1. 1

    to explain; to preach; to advocate

    Godan verb with ku endingtransitive verb
  2. 2

    to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with; to urge (someone to do)

    Godan verb with ku endingtransitive verb

Conjugation

とく · Godan verb

FormPlainPolite
Present
とく
ときます
Negative
とかない
ときません
Past
といた
ときました
Past negative
とかなかった
ときませんでした
Te-form
といて
ときまして
Want to (-tai)
ときたい
ときたいです

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