倣う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
倣
なら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

倣(なら)う • (narau) transitive godan (stem 倣(なら)い (narai), past 倣(なら)った (naratta))

  1. to imitate
  2. to follow

Conjugation

Conjugation of "倣う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 倣わ ならわ narawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 倣い ならい narai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 倣う ならう narau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 倣う ならう narau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 倣え ならえ narae
Meireikei ("imperative") 倣え ならえ narae
Key constructions
Passive 倣われる ならわれる narawareru
Causative 倣わせる
倣わす 		ならわせる
ならわす 		narawaseru
narawasu
Potential 倣える ならえる naraeru
Volitional 倣おう ならおう naraō
Negative 倣わない ならわない narawanai
Negative continuative 倣わず ならわず narawazu
Formal 倣います ならいます naraimasu
Perfective 倣った ならった naratta
Conjunctive 倣って ならって naratte
Hypothetical conditional 倣えば ならえば naraeba

References

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