フォロー

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Japanese

Etymology

From English follow.

Noun

フォロー • (forō) 

  1. (social media) follow
  2. follow-up; subsequent action or treatment
    術(じゅつ)後(ご)のフォロー中(ちゅう)
    jutsugo no forō chū
    receiving post-operative follow-up care
  3. (golf) a tailwind, wind blowing in the same direction as the shot
    Antonym: アゲンスト (agensuto)

Verb

フォローする • (forō suru) suru (stem フォローし (forō shi), past フォローした (forō shita))

  1. to defend; to look after (someone); to assist; to supplement; to compensate for another's short-comings
    フォローすることができる先(せん)輩(ぱい) ― forō suru koto ga dekiru senpai ― a senior who can assist you
  2. (social media) to follow
  3. (sports) to rebound; follow up (a shot etc.)
  4. to continue an action or sequence of actions; to follow on, follow through

Conjugation

Conjugation of "フォローする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") フォローし forō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") フォローし forō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") フォローする forō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") フォローする forō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") フォローすれ forō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") フォローせよ¹
フォローしろ² 		forō seyo¹
forō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive フォローされる forō sareru
Causative フォローさせる
フォローさす 		forō saseru
forō sasu
Potential フォローできる forō dekiru
Volitional フォローしよう forō shiyō
Negative フォローしない forō shinai
Negative continuative フォローせず forō sezu
Formal フォローします forō shimasu
Perfective フォローした forō shita
Conjunctive フォローして forō shite
Hypothetical conditional フォローすれば forō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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