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ぼやく (boyaku)

to grumble, to complain

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb

Meaning

ぼやく (boyaku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to grumble, to complain”.

Conjugation table

ぼやく is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryぼやくboyaku
Negativeぼやかないboyakanai
Pastぼやいたboyaita
Past negativeぼやかなかったboyakanakatta
Polite (ます)ぼやきますboyakimasu
Polite negativeぼやきませんboyakimasen
Polite pastぼやきましたboyakimashita
Polite past negativeぼやきませんでしたboyakimasendeshita
Te-formぼやいてboyaite
Conditional (ば)ぼやけばboyakeba
Conditional (たら)ぼやいたらboyaitara
Potentialぼやけるboyakeru
Passiveぼやかれるboyakareru
Causativeぼやかせるboyakaseru
Causative-passiveぼやかせられるboyakaserareru
Volitionalぼやこうboyakou
Volitional politeぼやきましょうboyakimashou
Imperativeぼやけboyake
Desire (たい)ぼやきたいboyakitai

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