What does どく mean?
どく is a Japanese verb meaning “to move out of the way” or “to step aside” in English. It is written as どく in hiragana, and doku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.
Example sentences
ちょっとどいてください。
Could you move out of the way, please?
車が来たので道の端にどいた。
A car was coming, so I stepped to the side of the road.
Conjugation of どく
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Plain | どく | どかない |
| Plain past | どいた | どかなかった |
| Polite | どきます | どきません |
| Polite past | どきました | どきませんでした |
Other forms
Te-formどいて
Potentialどける
Passiveどかれる
Volitionalどこう
Causativeどかせる
Conditionalどけば
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Transitive partner
どく (it happens by itself)·退ける (someone does it)
どく describes something happening by itself. 退ける describes someone doing it to something. Japanese keeps these apart where English often uses one verb for both.