追う

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "追う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
追う [òú]
Imperative (命令形) 追え [òé]
Key constructions
Passive 追われる われる [òwárérú]
Causative 追わせる わせる [òwásérú]
Potential 追える える [òérú]
Volitional 追おう [òóꜜò]
Negative 追わない わない [òwánáí]
Negative perfective 追わなかった わなかった [òwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 追います いま [òímáꜜsù]
Perfective 追った った [òttá]
Conjunctive 追って って [òtté]
Hypothetical conditional 追えば [òéꜜbà]

Verb[edit]

() (outransitive godan (stem () (oi), past ()った (otta))

  1. to chase (after something)
  2. to drive (force into an area)
  3. to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel
  4. to be pressed, to be put under pressure
  5. to pursue, to aspire to
  6. to follow in order, to follow a trend

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References[edit]

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.