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背く[そむく] (somuku)

to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 2
  • #15621 most frequent

Meaning

背く (そむく, somuku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

彼かれに背そむくと後あとが恐こわい

Watch your back if you offend him.

彼かれは約束やくそくに背そむいた。

He betrayed his promises.

これでは先例に背く.

This is against all precedents.

住民じゅうみんは当事者とうじしゃに背そむいた。

The inhabitants rebelled against the ruler.

Conjugation table

背く (そむく) is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary背く そむくsomuku
Negative背かない そむかないsomukanai
Past背いた そむいたsomuita
Past negative背かなかった そむかなかったsomukanakatta
Polite (ます)背きます そむきますsomukimasu
Polite negative背きません そむきませんsomukimasen
Polite past背きました そむきましたsomukimashita
Polite past negative背きませんでした そむきませんでしたsomukimasendeshita
Te-form背いて そむいてsomuite
Conditional (ば)背けば そむけばsomukeba
Conditional (たら)背いたら そむいたらsomuitara
Potential背ける そむけるsomukeru
Passive背かれる そむかれるsomukareru
Causative背かせる そむかせるsomukaseru
Causative-passive背かせられる そむかせられるsomukaserareru
Volitional背こう そむこうsomukou
Volitional polite背きましょう そむきましょうsomukimashou
Imperative背け そむけsomuke
Desire (たい)背きたい そむきたいsomukitai

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