におう

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
匂う
臭う

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「匂う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		匂う におう
Imperative (命令形) 匂え におえ
Key constructions
Passive 匂われる におわれる
Causative 匂わせる におわせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 匂おう におおー
Negative 匂わない におわない
Negative perfective 匂わなかった におわなかった
Formal 匂います においます
Perfective 匂った におった
Conjunctive 匂って におって
Hypothetical conditional 匂えば におえば

Verb

におう • (niou) ←にほふ (nifofu)?godan (stem におい (nioi), past におった (niotta))

  1. to smell
    1. 匂う: to smell good, to be fragrant
    2. 臭う: to smell bad, to stink, being malodorous
  2. to be bright, to glow
Conjugation
Conjugation of "におう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") におわ niowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") におい nioi
Shūshikei ("terminal") におう niou
Rentaikei ("attributive") におう niou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") におえ nioe
Meireikei ("imperative") におえ nioe
Key constructions
Passive におわれる niowareru
Causative におわせる
におわす 		niowaseru
niowasu
Potential におえる nioeru
Volitional におおう nioō
Negative におわない niowanai
Negative continuative におわず niowazu
Formal においます nioimasu
Perfective におった niotta
Conjunctive におって niotte
Hypothetical conditional におえば nioeba
Classical conjugation of "におふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) におは にほは nifofa
Continuative (連用形) におひ にほひ nifofi
Terminal (終止形) におふ にほふ nifofu
Attributive (連体形) におふ にほふ nifofu
Realis (已然形) におへ にほへ nifofe
Imperative (命令形) におへ にほへ nifofe
Key constructions
Negative におはず にほはず nifofazu
Contrasting conjunction におへど にほへど nifofedo
Causal conjunction におへば にほへば nifofeba
Conditional conjunction におはば にほはば nifofaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) におひき にほひき nifofiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) におひけり にほひけり nifofikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) におひつ にほひつ nifofitu
Perfect tense (natural event) におひぬ にほひぬ nifofinu
Perfect-continuative tense におへり
におひたり		 にほへり
にほひたり		 nifoferi
nifofitari
Volitional におはむ にほはむ nifofamu
Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of におう – see the following entries: 仁王, 二王

(The following entries are uncreated: 仁王, 二王.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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