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通う
通う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 通 |
|
かよ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
通う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かよう, romaji kayou)
- to commute, to go back and forth, to ply between, to attend (school)
Synonyms
- 通勤する (tsūkin suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "通う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 通わ | かよわ | kayowa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 通い | かよい | kayoi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 通う | かよう | kayou |
| Attributive (連体形) | 通う | かよう | kayou |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 通え | かよえ | kayoe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 通え | かよえ | kayoe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 通われる | かよわれる | kayowareru |
| Causative | 通わせる 通わす |
かよわせる かよわす |
kayowaseru kayowasu |
| Potential | 通える | かよえる | kayoeru |
| Volitional | 通おう | かよおう | kayoō |
| Negative | 通わない | かよわない | kayowanai |
| Negative continuative | 通わず | かよわず | kayowazu |
| Formal | 通います | かよいます | kayoimasu |
| Perfective | 通った | かよった | kayotta |
| Conjunctive | 通って | かよって | kayotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 通えば | かよえば | kayoeba |