- 1. [v5k, vt] to censure; to criticize; to criticise; to rebuke; to defy; to disobey (arch)
- 2. [v5k, vt] to fashion after; to make in the form of; to imitate (arch)
Conjugation — Verb (godan-ku)
| Dictionary form | もどく | (modoku) |
| Polite | もどきます | (modokimasu) |
| Past, plain | もどいた | (modoita) |
| Past, polite | もどきました | (modokimashita) |
| Negative, plain | もどかない | (modokanai) |
| Negative, polite | もどきません | (modokimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | もどかなかった | (modokanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | もどきませんでした | (modokimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | もどいて | (modoite) |
| Potential | もどける | (modokeru) |
| Volitional | もどこう | (modokou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | もどけば | (modokeba) |
| Passive | もどかれる | (modokareru) |
| Causative | もどかせる | (modokaseru) |
| Imperative | もどけ | (modoke) |
Kanji in this word
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擬
mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitateOn: ギ (gi)Kun: まが.い (maga.i)、 もど.き (modo.ki)