追う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 追 |
| お Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 逐う |
Etymology
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
- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「追う」
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
追う | おう | [òú] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 追え | おえ | [òé] |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 追われる | おわれる | [òwárérú] |
| Causative | 追わせる | おわせる | [òwásérú] |
| Potential | 追える | おえる | [òérú] |
| Volitional | 追おう | おおー | [òóꜜò] |
| 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] |
| Formal | 追います | おいます | [òímáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 追った | おった | [òttá] |
| Conjunctive | 追って | おって | [òtté] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 追えば | おえば | [òéꜜbà] |
Verb
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)
- to drive (force into an area)
- Synonym: 駆り立てる (karitateru)
- to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel
- to be pressed, to be put under pressure
- to pursue, to aspire to
- Synonym: 追い求める (oimotomeru)
- to follow in order, to follow a trend
Conjugation
Conjugation of "追う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典 第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.