Conjugation

上向く

うわむくuwamuku

improve

Godan verb, group 1, ending -ku.

Conjugated like 聞く, つく, 書く, ちらつく, うなずく, 練り歩く

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上向きますうわむきますuwamukimasu
    2. negative上向きませんうわむきませんuwamukimasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

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

    1. affirmative上向きましたうわむきましたuwamukimashita
    2. negative上向きませんでしたうわむきませんでしたuwamukimasen deshita

  3. Te-form

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

    1. 上向いてうわむいてuwamuite
    2. request上向いてくださいうわむいてくださいuwamuite kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 上向きましょううわむきましょうuwamukimashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

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

    1. affirmative上向きたいうわむきたいuwamukitai
    2. negative上向きたくないうわむきたくないuwamukitakunai
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上向くうわむくuwamuku
    2. negative上向かないうわむかないuwamukanai

  2. Plain past · -ta

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

    1. affirmative上向いたうわむいたuwamuita
    2. negative上向かなかったうわむかなかったuwamukanakatta

  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上向いているうわむいているuwamuite iru
    2. polite上向いていますうわむいていますuwamuite imasu

  4. Potential

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

    1. plain上向けるうわむけるuwamukeru
    2. polite上向けますうわむけますuwamukemasu

  5. If, when · -tara

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

    1. 上向いたらうわむいたらuwamuitara

  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上向かれるうわむかれるuwamukareru
    2. polite上向かれますうわむかれますuwamukaremasu
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. 上向こううわむこうuwamukō

  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上向けうわむけuwamuke
    2. ban上向くなうわむくなuwamuku 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上向けばうわむけばuwamukeba
    2. negative上向かなければうわむかなければuwamukanakereba

  4. Causative

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

    1. plain上向かせるうわむかせるuwamukaseru
    2. polite上向かせますうわむかせますuwamukasemasu

  5. Causative passive

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

    1. plain上向かせられるうわむかせられるuwamukaserareru
    2. polite上向かせられますうわむかせられますuwamukaseraremasu