追う
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 追 |
| お Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 逐う |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *op- ~ əp-. Perhaps cognate with 負う (ou, “to carry on the back”), as both words involve the movement of one person behind another person, but the accent values in Early Middle Japanese and Kyoto do not match.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 追う
| Plain | 追う | おう | [òú] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conjunctive | 追って | おって | [òtté] |
| Perfective | 追った | おった | [òttá] |
| Negative | 追わない | おわない | [òwánáí] |
| Negative perfective | 追わなかった | おわなかった | [òwánáꜜkàttà] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 追えば | おえば | [òéꜜbà] |
| Past conditional | 追ったら | おったら | [òttáꜜrà] |
| Imperative | 追え | おえ | [òé] |
| Volitional | 追おう | おおー | [òóꜜò] |
| Desiderative | 追いたい | おいたい | [òítáí] |
| Formal | 追います | おいます | [òímáꜜsù] |
| Formal negative | 追いません | おいません | [òímáséꜜǹ] |
| Formal volitional | 追いましょう | おいましょー | [òímáshóꜜò] |
| Formal perfective | 追いました | おいました | [òímáꜜshìtà] |
| Continuative | 追い 追いに |
おい おいに |
[òí] [òí ní] |
| Negative continuative | 追わず 追わずに |
おわず おわずに |
[òwázú] [òwázú ní] |
| Passive | 追われる | おわれる | [òwárérú] |
| Causative | 追わせる 追わす |
おわせる おわす |
[òwásérú] [òwású] |
| Potential | 追える | おえる | [òérú] |
Verb
[edit]追う • (ou) ←おふ (ofu)?transitive godan (stem 追い (oi), past 追った (otta))
- to chase (after something)
- Synonym: 追い掛ける (oikakeru)
- 目で追う ― me de ou ― to watch (something, someone) moving
- to drive (to force into an area)
- Synonym: 駆り立てる (karitateru)
- to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel
- (chiefly passive voice) to swamp, to overwhelm, to put under pressure
- 仕事に追われる ― shigoto ni owareru ― to be swamped with work
- to pursue, to aspire to
- Synonym: 追い求める (oimotomeru)
- to follow in order, to follow a trend
Conjugation
[edit]| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 追わ | おわ | owa |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 追い | おい | oi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 追う | おう | ou |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 追う | おう | ou |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 追え | おえ | oe |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 追え | おえ | oe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 追われる | おわれる | owareru |
| Causative | 追わせる 追わす |
おわせる おわす |
owaseru owasu |
| Potential | 追える | おえる | oeru |
| Volitional | 追おう | おおう | oō |
| Negative | 追わない | おわない | owanai |
| Negative continuative | 追わず | おわず | owazu |
| Formal | 追います | おいます | oimasu |
| Perfective | 追った | おった | otta |
| Conjunctive | 追って | おって | otte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 追えば | おえば | oeba |
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000–2002, →ISBN
- “追う”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
- Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN
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