似合う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
似 合
に
Grade: 5 		あ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「似合う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		似合う にあう
Imperative (命令形) 似合え にあえ
Key constructions
Passive 似合われる にあわれる
Causative 似合わせる にあわせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 似合おう にあおー
Negative 似合わない にあわない
Negative perfective 似合わなかった にあわなかった
Formal 似合います にあいます
Perfective 似合った にあった
Conjunctive 似合って にあって
Hypothetical conditional 似合えば にあえば

Verb

似(に)合(あ)う • (niau) ←にあふ (niafu)?intransitive godan (stem 似(に)合(あ)い (niai), past 似(に)合(あ)った (niatta))

  1. to suit; to match; to become; to be like
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典 / 新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局 / 大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      彼(かの)女(じょ)は赤(あか)がよく似合(にあ)う
      kanojo wa aka ga yoku niau
      Red suits her very well

Conjugation

Conjugation of "似合う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 似合わ にあわ niawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 似合い にあい niai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 似合う にあう niau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 似合う にあう niau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 似合え にあえ niae
Meireikei ("imperative") 似合え にあえ niae
Key constructions
Passive 似合われる にあわれる niawareru
Causative 似合わせる
似合わす 		にあわせる
にあわす 		niawaseru
niawasu
Potential 似合える にあえる niaeru
Volitional 似合おう にあおう niaō
Negative 似合わない にあわない niawanai
Negative continuative 似合わず にあわず niawazu
Formal 似合います にあいます niaimasu
Perfective 似合った にあった niatta
Conjunctive 似合って にあって niatte
Hypothetical conditional 似合えば にあえば niaeba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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