はからう

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
計らう

Etymology

Either from 計(はか)り合(あ)ふ (hakariafu) or from はかる (hakaru) + ふ (-fu).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

はからう • (hakarau) ←はからふ (fakarafu)?godan (stem はからい (hakarai), past はからった (hakaratta))

  1. to take appropriate measures

Conjugation

Conjugation of "はからう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") はからわ hakarawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") はからい hakarai
Shūshikei ("terminal") はからう hakarau
Rentaikei ("attributive") はからう hakarau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") はからえ hakarae
Meireikei ("imperative") はからえ hakarae
Key constructions
Passive はからわれる hakarawareru
Causative はからわせる
はからわす 		hakarawaseru
hakarawasu
Potential はからえる hakaraeru
Volitional はからおう hakaraō
Negative はからわない hakarawanai
Negative continuative はからわず hakarawazu
Formal はからいます hakaraimasu
Perfective はからった hakaratta
Conjunctive はからって hakaratte
Hypothetical conditional はからえば hakaraeba

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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