欺く
あざむく
godan verb
to deceive, to trick
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 欺く | 欺かない |
| Present polite | 欺きます | 欺きません |
| Past | 欺いた | 欺かなかった |
| Past polite | 欺きました | 欺きませんでした |
| て form | 欺いて | 欺かなくて |
| ている present | 欺いている | 欺いていない |
| ている polite | 欺いています | 欺いていません |
| ている past | 欺いていた | 欺いていなかった |
| ている past polite | 欺いていました | 欺いていませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 欺けば | 欺かなければ |
| Conditional たら | 欺いたら | 欺かなかったら |
| Volitional | 欺こう | — |
| Volitional polite | 欺きましょう | — |
| Potential | 欺ける | 欺けない |
| Passive | 欺かれる | 欺かれない |
| Causative | 欺かせる | 欺かせない |
| Imperative | 欺け | 欺くな |
1.
to deceive, to trick, to fool, to delude
To deliberately mislead someone by lies, disguise, or manipulation. A literary or formal word for deception, carrying a stronger moral weight than casual words like だます.
人を欺いてはいけない。
You must not deceive people.
彼は巧みな嘘で周囲を欺いていた。
He had been deceiving those around him with clever lies.
世間の目を欺くために、彼女は偽名を使っていた。
She was using a false name to deceive the eyes of the public.
Godan verb (五段動詞), く row.
- Negative: 欺かない
- Polite: 欺きます
- Te-form: 欺いて
- Past: 欺いた
TRANSITIVITY:
Transitive (他動詞).
USAGE:
A literary and somewhat formal word. In everyday conversation, だます or 騙す is more common. 欺く appears frequently in novels, news, and formal speech. It often implies a moral judgment against the deceiver.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 人を欺く: to deceive people
- 世間を欺く: to deceive the world/public
- 目を欺く: to fool the eye, to deceive
- 自分を欺く: to deceive oneself
SIMILAR WORDS:
- だます: to trick, to deceive (everyday, casual)
- 偽る: to falsify, to misrepresent (formal/literary)
- 誤魔化す: to fudge, to cover up (colloquial)