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効きく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to be effective; to take effect; to be good (for)
usu. 効く
I wonder if that medicine didn't work.
2. to work; to function well
usu. 利く for body senses, functions, etc.
The brakes didn't work, and it was really scary.
3. to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
This has already been decided and can't be changed, so please bear with it.
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
4. to taste (alcohol); to try
Alt. forms
効きく
58%
利きく
25%
きく
15%
Kanji used
効
be effective
Pitch accent
き
く
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Conjugations...Used in: 4183
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to have medicine be effective
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
to be able to get a (type of) discount
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Examples (26 in total)
This works.
The brakes did not work.
It works surprisingly well.
The hot spring will do you good.
The bus was air-conditioned.
It seems that magic hardly works at all.
Does this medicine work?
Looks like the snake venom is taking effect.
The medicine acted on his stomach.
This medicine is good for a cold.
Do you know of any good medicine for a headache?
What relieves the pain?
I am in a position where I can be somewhat flexible.
I'm not used to spicy food.
The air-conditioning in the library is too strong.
Fortunately, the medicine took effect immediately.
It doesn't have enough punch to work as a sad story.
These eye drops work on blurry vision.
Hot lemon with honey is a good remedy for colds.
If the sword doesn't work, we have no choice but to attack with magic.
Time is the only medicine that is effective for any wound.
It is not that it does not work, but rather that it just becomes harder to work.
The doctor is looking for medicine that is effective for this illness.
The crowd got out of control and broke through the fence.
This has already been decided and can't be changed, so please bear with it.
If I could do things over, I'd even want to go back to this morning.