# ふける
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spellings
* 更ける 深ける 老ける 化ける

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふける [fùkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ke̞ɾɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「更ける」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 更ける | ふける | [fùkéꜜrù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 更けろ | ふけろ | [fùkéꜜrò] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 更けられる | ふけられる | [fùkéráréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 更けさせる | ふけさせる | [fùkésáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | - | - | - |
| Volitional | 更けよう | ふけよー | [fùkéyóꜜò] |
| Negative | 更けない | ふけない | [fùkéꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 更けなかった | ふけなかった | [fùkéꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 更けます | ふけます | [fùkémáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 更けた | ふけた | [fúꜜkètà] |
| Conjunctive | 更けて | ふけて | [fúꜜkètè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 更ければ | ふければ | [fùkéꜜrèbà] |
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「老ける」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 老ける | ふける | [fùkéꜜrù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 老けろ | ふけろ | [fùkéꜜrò] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 老けられる | ふけられる | [fùkéráréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 老けさせる | ふけさせる | [fùkésáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | - | - | - |
| Volitional | 老けよう | ふけよー | [fùkéyóꜜò] |
| Negative | 老けない | ふけない | [fùkéꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 老けなかった | ふけなかった | [fùkéꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 老けます | ふけます | [fùkémáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 老けた | ふけた | [fúꜜkètà] |
| Conjunctive | 老けて | ふけて | [fúꜜkètè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 老ければ | ふければ | [fùkéꜜrèbà] |

#### Verb

ふける • (fukeru) intransitive ichidan (stem ふけ (fuke), past ふけた (fuketa))
* 更ける, 深ける: to get late, to get deep (for night, season, etc.)
* 老ける, 化ける: to age; to become old

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ふけ | fuke |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ふけ | fuke |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ふける | fukeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ふける | fukeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ふけれ | fukere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ふけよ¹ ふけろ² | fukeyo¹ fukero² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | ふけられる | fukerareru |
| Causative | ふけさせる ふけさす | fukesaseru fukesasu |
| Potential | ふけられる ふけれる³ | fukerareru fukereru³ |
| Volitional | ふけよう | fukeyō |
| Negative | ふけない ふけぬ ふけん | fukenai fukenu fuken |
| Negative continuative | ふけず | fukezu |
| Formal | ふけます | fukemasu |
| Perfective | ふけた | fuketa |
| Conjunctive | ふけて | fukete |
| Hypothetical conditional | ふければ | fukereba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential ||||

##### Derived terms

* 夜更(よふ)け (yofuke)

#### See also

* 更(ふ)かす (fukasu)

### Etymology 2

* Alternative spelling
* 耽る
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ふける [fùkéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ke̞ɾɯ̟]

#### Verb

ふける • (fukeru) intransitive godan (stem ふけり (fukeri), past ふけった (fuketta))
* indulge in, be absorbed in

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ふけら | fukera |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ふけり | fukeri |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ふける | fukeru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ふける | fukeru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ふけれ | fukere |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ふけれ | fukere |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | ふけられる | fukerareru |
| Causative | ふけらせる ふけらす | fukeraseru fukerasu |
| Potential | ふけれる | fukereru |
| Volitional | ふけろう | fukerō |
| Negative | ふけらない | fukeranai |
| Negative continuative | ふけらず | fukerazu |
| Formal | ふけります | fukerimasu |
| Perfective | ふけった | fuketta |
| Conjunctive | ふけって | fukette |
| Hypothetical conditional | ふければ | fukereba |

##### Derived terms

* 読(よ)み耽(ふけ)る (yomifukeru)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN