囲う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
囲
かこ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
圍う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かこう [kàkóú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ko̞ɯ̟]

Verb

囲(かこ)う • (kakou) ^{←かこふ (kakofu)^?}transitive godan (stem 囲(かこ)い (kakoi), past 囲(かこ)った (kakotta))

to enclose or surround as if with a wall, cutting off from outside influences

Conjugation

Conjugation of "囲う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	囲わ	かこわ	kakowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	囲い	かこい	kakoi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	囲う	かこう	kakou
Rentaikei ("attributive")	囲う	かこう	kakou
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	囲え	かこえ	kakoe
Meireikei ("imperative")	囲え	かこえ	kakoe
Key constructions
Passive	囲われる	かこわれる	kakowareru
Causative	囲わせる囲わす	かこわせるかこわす	kakowaseru kakowasu
Potential	囲える	かこえる	kakoeru
Volitional	囲おう	かこおう	kakoō
Negative	囲わない	かこわない	kakowanai
Negative continuative	囲わず	かこわず	kakowazu
Formal	囲います	かこいます	kakoimasu
Perfective	囲った	かこった	kakotta
Conjunctive	囲って	かこって	kakotte
Hypothetical conditional	囲えば	かこえば	kakoeba

See also

囲(かこ)む (kakomu, “to surround, to encircle”)

References

^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN