仰ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
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
Imperative (命令形) 仰げ
Key constructions
Passive 仰がれる おがれ
Causative 仰がせる おがせ
Potential 仰げる おげ
Volitional 仰ごう おご
Negative 仰がない おがない
Negative perfective 仰がなかった おがなかった
Formal 仰ぎます おぎま
Perfective 仰いだ いだ
Conjunctive 仰いで いで
Hypothetical conditional 仰げば げば

Verb

(あお) (aoguあふぐ (afugu)?transitive godan (stem (あお) (aogi), past (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)(あお)
    jogen o aogu
    to ask for advice
  4. drink, take
    (どく)(あお)
    doku o aogu
    to take poison

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References

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