蒔く、播く
まく
maku
JMdict entry #2611890
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb word usually written using kana alone to sow; to plant; to seed
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
word usually written using kana alone
to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict)
see: 種をまく・2
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
word usually written using kana alone
to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
see: 蒔絵
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は手紙を粉々に引き裂いて窓からばら撒いた。
kare ha tegami wo konagona ni hikisai te mado kara baramai ta 。
He tore up his letter into small bits and threw them out the window.
彼の優柔不断が将来の災いの種をまいた。
kare no yuujuu fudan ga shourai no wazawai no tane wo mai ta 。
His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.
農民が穀物の種を蒔いた。
noumin ga kokumotsu no tane wo mai ta 。
The peasant scattered the seeds of grain.
農夫達は畑に種をまいている。
noufu tachi ha hatake ni shu wo mai te iru 。
The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.
農夫は春になると種をまく。
noufu ha haru ni naru to shu wo maku 。
Farmers sow seeds in the spring.
農夫は春にとうもろこしの種をまく。
noufu ha haru ni toumorokoshi no tane wo maku 。
The farmer plants the corn in the spring.