付き纏う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
まと
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 付き (tsuki, ability to stick, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 付く (tsuku, to join; to attach)) +‎ 纏う (matou, to wear).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「付き纏う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
付き纏う きまと
Imperative (命令形) 付き纏え きまと
Key constructions
Passive 付き纏われる きまとわれ
Causative 付き纏わせる きまとわせ
Potential 付き纏える きまとえ
Volitional 付き纏おう きまとお
Negative 付き纏わない きまとわない
Negative perfective 付き纏わなかった きまとわなかった
Formal 付き纏います きまといま
Perfective 付き纏った きまとった
Conjunctive 付き纏って きまとって
Hypothetical conditional 付き纏えば きまとえば

Verb

()(まと) (tsukimatouintransitive godan (stem ()(まと) (tsukimatoi), past ()(まと)った (tsukimatotta))

  1. follow around, tag along after
  2. be associated with
  3. haunt, be ever-present

Conjugation

References

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