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JAPANESE VERB

きづく

気づく

to notice

  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI notice
NegativeI don’t notice

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI noticed
NegativeI didn’t notice

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formnoticing, and…
Doing now (て います)I am noticing
Please (て ください)please notice

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can notice
NegativeI can’t notice

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to notice
NegativeI don’t want to notice

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s notice

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I notice
  2. If, when (たら) if I notice

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) notice (do it)
  2. Plain command notice!
  3. Please don’t please don’t notice

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am noticed
CausativeI make someone notice

How to use きづく

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    ちいさな へんか に、 すぐ きづきます。

    I notice small changes at once.

  2. Past

    いえ に ついて から、 さいふ が ない こと に きづいた。

    Only when I got home did I notice my wallet was gone.

  3. Te-form

    まだ だれ も、 その まちがい に きづいて いない。

    Nobody has noticed that mistake yet.

  4. Potential

    あの ひと の やさしさ に、 やっと きづけた。

    I was finally able to see that person's kindness.

  5. Want to

    ひと の きもち に、 もっと はやく きづきたい。

    I want to be quicker to notice how people feel.

  6. Volitional

    きづこう と しない から、 きづかない の よ。

    You don't notice because you don't try to.

  7. Conditional

    はやく きづけば、 まだ なおせた のに。

    If I'd noticed sooner, I could still have fixed it.

  8. Commands and requests

    こんなに ヒント を だして いる の だ から、 きづきなさい よ。

    I'm giving you all these hints, so notice already!

  9. Passive and causative

    こっそり でよう と したら、 はは に きづかれた。

    I tried to slip out, but my mother noticed.

Good to know

  • きづく takes に: まちがい に きづく. It is noticing by yourself; きがつく is the same with an extra が. みつける is to find something you were looking for.
  • きづかれない よう に, "without being noticed", is its passive at work.

Where you hear きづく

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Japanese · Fluency Level 1

  • けんた は、 なに も きづかない。 Kenta doesn't notice anything.
  • わたし は、 たいけん の ひ に きづいた の よ。 I noticed on the trial day.
  • あした に は、 けんた も きづく よ。 By tomorrow, Kenta will notice too.

Japanese · Fluency Level 2

  • ベン は、 なにも きづかない。 Ben doesn't notice anything.
  • ぼく が、 さいご に きづいた。 I was the last to notice.
  • あした に なれば、 なつき さん も きづく よ。 Come tomorrow, Natsuki will notice too.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).