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俯く

俯く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うつむ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Verb

俯く (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana うつむく, romaji utsumuku)

  1. cast one's eyes down, have downcast eyes
    • 1956, 橘外男, 墓が呼んでいる:
      ぼんやりと (うつむ)いて (ある)いていましたから、もう、 (むすめ) (なに) ()いたかを、 (おぼ)えておりません。
      Bon'yari to utsumuite aruite imashita kara, mō, musume ga nani o kiita ka o, oboete orimasen.
      I was just walking absentmindedly with my eyes downcast, so I can't recall anymore what the girl asked.
  2. let one's head droop

Conjugation