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追う
追う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 追 |
|
お Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
追う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おう, romaji ou)
- to chase (after something)
- to drive (force into an area)
- to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel
- to be pressed, to be put under pressure
- to pursue, to aspire to
- to follow in order, to follow a trend
Conjugation
Conjugation of "追う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 追わ | おわ | owa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 追い | おい | oi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 追う | おう | ou |
| Attributive (連体形) | 追う | おう | ou |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 追え | おえ | oe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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 |
Synonyms
- (chase): 追い掛ける (oikakeru)
- (drive): 駆り立てる (karitateru)
- (oust): 追い出す (oidasu), 追放 (tsuihō)
- (pursue): 追い求める (oimotomeru)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.