誓う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
See also 誓い

Etymology

Probably originally a compound of (chi, blood) +‎ 交う (kau, to cross, to blend, to mix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "誓う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
誓う かう [chìkáú]
Imperative (命令形) 誓え かえ [chìkáé]
Key constructions
Passive 誓われる かわれる [chìkáwárérú]
Causative 誓わせる かわせる [chìkáwásérú]
Potential 誓える かえる [chìkáérú]
Volitional 誓おう かお [chìkáóꜜò]
Negative 誓わない かわない [chìkáwánáí]
Negative perfective 誓わなかった かわなかった [chìkáwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 誓います かいま [chìkáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 誓った かった [chìkáttá]
Conjunctive 誓って かって [chìkátté]
Hypothetical conditional 誓えば かえ [chìkáéꜜbà]

Verb

誓う (chikauちかふ (tikafu)?transitive godan (stem 誓い (chikai), past 誓った (chikatta))

  1. to swear, to pledge, to make an oath, to vow
    復讐(ふくしゅう)(ちか)った
    Fukushū o chikatta.
    We swore vengeance.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN