合う
Japanese
editKanji in this term |
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合 |
あ Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
editFrom Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *apu. Compare 会う (au).
Pronunciation
edit- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "合う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
合う | あう | [áꜜù] |
Imperative (命令形) | 合え | あえ | [áꜜè] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 合われる | あわれる | [àwáréꜜrù] |
Causative | 合わせる | あわせる | [àwáséꜜrù] |
Potential | - | - | - |
Volitional | 合おう | あおー | [àóꜜò] |
Negative | 合わない | あわない | [àwáꜜnàì] |
Negative perfective | 合わなかった | あわなかった | [àwáꜜnàkàttà] |
Formal | 合います | あいます | [àímáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 合った | あった | [áꜜttà] |
Conjunctive | 合って | あって | [áꜜttè] |
Hypothetical conditional | 合えば | あえば | [áꜜèbà] |
Verb
edit合う • (au) ←あふ (afu)?intransitive godan (stem 合い (ai), past 合った (atta))
- to match; to fit; to agree
- イメージに合わない
- imēji ni awanai
- does not match with one's personal image
- 中華料理に合うデザート
- chūka ryōri ni au dezāto
- dessert that pairs with Chinese food
- 人と話が合う
- hito to hanashi ga au
- to be on the same wavelength with someone
- (literally, “the conversation with someone corresponds”)
- 靴のサイズが合わない
- kutsu no saizu ga awanai
- shoes are the wrong size
- イメージに合わない
- to be proper
- 合ってる
- atteru
- That's correct.
- 合ってる
Conjugation
editConjugation of "合う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 合わ | あわ | awa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 合い | あい | ai |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 合う | あう | au |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 合う | あう | au |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 合え | あえ | ae |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 合え | あえ | ae |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 合われる | あわれる | awareru |
Causative | 合わせる 合わす |
あわせる あわす |
awaseru awasu |
Potential | 合える | あえる | aeru |
Volitional | 合おう | あおう | aō |
Negative | 合わない | あわない | awanai |
Negative continuative | 合わず | あわず | awazu |
Formal | 合います | あいます | aimasu |
Perfective | 合った | あった | atta |
Conjunctive | 合って | あって | atte |
Hypothetical conditional | 合えば | あえば | aeba |
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 合は | あは | afa |
Continuative (連用形) | 合ひ | あひ | afi |
Terminal (終止形) | 合ふ | あふ | afu |
Attributive (連体形) | 合ふ | あふ | afu |
Realis (已然形) | 合へ | あへ | afe |
Imperative (命令形) | 合へ | あへ | afe |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 合はず | あはず | afazu |
Contrasting conjunction | 合へど | あへど | afedo |
Causal conjunction | 合へば | あへば | afeba |
Conditional conjunction | 合はば | あはば | afaba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 合ひき | あひき | afiki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 合ひけり | あひけり | afikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 合ひつ | あひつ | afitu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 合ひぬ | あひぬ | afinu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 合へり 合ひたり |
あへり あひたり |
aferi afitari |
Volitional | 合はむ | あはむ | afamu |
Synonyms
edit- 適切 (tekisetsu)
See also
edit- 会う (au)
Suffix
edit合う • (-au) ←あふ (afu)?godan (stem 合い (-ai), past 合った (-atta))
- (suffix) together; with each other
References
edit- ^ “合・会・逢・遭”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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