装う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
装
よそお Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
裝う (kyūjitai) 粧う 扮う

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よそおう [yòsóóꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) よそおう [yòsóóú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞so̞o̞ɯ̟]

Verb

装(よそお)う • (yosoou) ^{←よそほふ (yosofofu)?}transitive godan (stem 装(よそお)い (yosooi), past 装(よそお)った (yosootta))

1. to feign; to pose as; to assume; to affect (a feeling)

   無知(むち)を装(よそお)う ― muchi o yosōu ― to feign ignorance

   彼(かれ)は偉(えら)そうに装(よそお)っていたが、実際(じっさい)は初心者(しょしんしゃ)だった。

   Kare wa erasō ni yosōtte ita ga, jissai wa shoshinsha datta.

   He posed as an expert despite being a beginner.

2. to be dressed in; to adorn oneself; to dress up

   豪華(ごうか)に装(よそお)った姫(ひめ) ― gōka ni yosōtta hime ― gorgeously dressed noblewoman

Conjugation

Conjugation of "装う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	装わ	よそおわ	yosoowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	装い	よそおい	yosooi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	装う	よそおう	yosoou
Rentaikei ("attributive")	装う	よそおう	yosoou
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	装え	よそおえ	yosooe
Meireikei ("imperative")	装え	よそおえ	yosooe
Key constructions
Passive	装われる	よそおわれる	yosoowareru
Causative	装わせる 装わす	よそおわせる よそおわす	yosoowaseru yosoowasu
Potential	装える	よそおえる	yosooeru
Volitional	装おう	よそおおう	yosooō
Negative	装わない	よそおわない	yosoowanai
Negative continuative	装わず	よそおわず	yosoowazu
Formal	装います	よそおいます	yosooimasu
Perfective	装った	よそおった	yosootta
Conjunctive	装って	よそおって	yosootte
Hypothetical conditional	装えば	よそおえば	yosooeba

Classical conjugation of "装ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	装は	よそほは	yosofofa
Continuative (連用形)	装ひ	よそほひ	yosofofi
Terminal (終止形)	装ふ	よそほふ	yosofofu
Attributive (連体形)	装ふ	よそほふ	yosofofu
Realis (已然形)	装へ	よそほへ	yosofofe
Imperative (命令形)	装へ	よそほへ	yosofofe
Key constructions
Negative	装はず	よそほはず	yosofofazu
Contrasting conjunction	装へど	よそほへど	yosofofedo
Causal conjunction	装へば	よそほへば	yosofofeba
Conditional conjunction	装はば	よそほはば	yosofofaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	装ひき	よそほひき	yosofofiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	装ひけり	よそほひけり	yosofofikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	装ひつ	よそほひつ	yosofofitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	装ひぬ	よそほひぬ	yosofofinu
Perfect-continuative tense	装へり 装ひたり	よそほへり よそほひたり	yosofoferi yosofofitari
Volitional	装はむ	よそほはむ	yosofofamu

References

• “装う”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026