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誓う
誓う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 誓 |
| Grade: S |
See also 誓い
Verb
誓う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ちかう, romaji chikau, historical hiragana ちかふ)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "誓う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 誓わ | ちかわ | chikawa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 誓い | ちかい | chikai |
| Terminal (終止形) | 誓う | ちかう | chikau |
| Attributive (連体形) | 誓う | ちかう | chikau |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 誓え | ちかえ | chikae |
| Imperative (命令形) | 誓え | ちかえ | chikae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 誓われる | ちかわれる | chikawareru |
| Causative | 誓わせる 誓わす |
ちかわせる ちかわす |
chikawaseru chikawasu |
| Potential | 誓える | ちかえる | chikaeru |
| Volitional | 誓おう | ちかおう | chikaō |
| Negative | 誓わない | ちかわない | chikawanai |
| Negative continuative | 誓わず | ちかわず | chikawazu |
| Formal | 誓います | ちかいます | chikaimasu |
| Perfective | 誓った | ちかった | chikatta |
| Conjunctive | 誓って | ちかって | chikatte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 誓えば | ちかえば | chikaeba |