仰ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
仰
あお
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「仰ぐ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		仰ぐ あおぐ
Imperative (命令形) 仰げ あおげ
Key constructions
Passive 仰がれる あおがれる
Causative 仰がせる あおがせる
Potential 仰げる あおげる
Volitional 仰ごう あおごー
Negative 仰がない あおがない
Negative perfective 仰がなかった あおがなかった
Formal 仰ぎます あおぎます
Perfective 仰いだ あおいだ
Conjunctive 仰いで あおいで
Hypothetical conditional 仰げば あおげば

Verb

仰(あお)ぐ • (aogu) ←あふぐ (afugu)?transitive godan (stem 仰(あお)ぎ (aogi), past 仰(あお)いだ (aoida))

  1. look up at
  2. look up to, respect
  3. depend on, turn to for, ask for
    助言(じょげん)を仰(あお)ぐ
    jogen o aogu
    to ask for advice
  4. drink, take
    毒(どく)を仰(あお)ぐ
    doku o aogu
    to take poison

Conjugation

Conjugation of "仰ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 仰が あおが aoga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 仰ぎ あおぎ aogi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 仰ぐ あおぐ aogu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 仰ぐ あおぐ aogu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 仰げ あおげ aoge
Meireikei ("imperative") 仰げ あおげ aoge
Key constructions
Passive 仰がれる あおがれる aogareru
Causative 仰がせる
仰がす 		あおがせる
あおがす 		aogaseru
aogasu
Potential 仰げる あおげる aogeru
Volitional 仰ごう あおごう aogō
Negative 仰がない あおがない aoganai
Negative continuative 仰がず あおがず aogazu
Formal 仰ぎます あおぎます aogimasu
Perfective 仰いだ あおいだ aoida
Conjunctive 仰いで あおいで aoide
Hypothetical conditional 仰げば あおげば aogeba

Derived terms

References

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