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According to the dictionary, 吹く is a transitive verb (e.g., a verb that needs
an object).

However, the following sentence does not have an object. So what should I
translate it?

> 風が強く吹いている。
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grammar verbs transitivity
What does 「風が強く吹いている。」 mean?
As you can see
[here](http://www.nihongokyoshi.co.jp/manbow/manbow.php?id=960&TAB=2), 吹く can
be transitive and intransitive.

> 風が吹く（自動詞） 笛を吹く（他動詞）

So 風が強く吹いている。 can translate to "(lit.) The wind is blowing hard." i.e. "It's
blowing hard."
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As choco writes, “吹く” can be used in both ways of transitive and intransitive
as a verb, though I think it’s more often used in a transitive than in
intransitive form. Here are some examples I picked up at random:

(Transitive):

笛を吹く- play the flute

埃を吹く- blow the dust off

[法螺]{ほら}を吹く- talk big

毛を吹いて傷を求める - suffer great damage by sticking to a trivial matter

息を吹き返す - come back to life

ひと泡吹かせる - flummox someone / give sb a scare

(Intransitive):

そよ風が吹く - A light wind breezes

芽が吹く - The buds sprout.

泉水の水が吹く - The fountain water springs out.

嵐が吹き荒れる - The storm blows violently.

どこ吹く風 - I don't (he, she doesn't) care at all.
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