背ける|そむけるsomukeru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
Conjugation
Dictionary form背ける(そむける)
Polite (masu)背けます(そむけます)
Negative (nai)背けない(そむけない)
polite (masen)背けません(そむけません)
classical zu / nu背けず・背けぬ(そむけず・そむけぬ)
Past (ta)背けた(そむけた)
polite (mashita)背けました(そむけました)
Past negative (nakatta)背けなかった(そむけなかった)
polite (masen deshita)背けませんでした(そむけませんでした)
Te form背けて(そむけて)
Potential背けられる(そむけられる)
Passive背けられる(そむけられる)
Causative背けさせる(そむけさせる)
Causative passive背けさせられる(そむけさせられる)
Conditional (ba)背ければ(そむければ)
tara背けたら(そむけたら)
Volitional背けよう(そむけよう)
polite (mashou)背けましょう(そむけましょう)
Imperative背けろ(そむけろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive背けるそむける⇄intransitive背くそむく
顔かおを背そむける
背く is intransitive and describes turning one’s back on a principle or promise (marked by に); 背ける is transitive and means to physically turn something away, as in 顔を背ける (avert one’s face).

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Japanese definitions
  1. 顔かおや視線しせんを他ほかへそらす。
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