取り合う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
取りあう
取合う
とり会う

Pronunciation

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

Verb

()() (toriauとりあふ (toriafu)?transitive or intransitive godan (stem ()() (toriai), past ()()った (toriatta))

  1. to hold each other's hands; hand in hand
  2. to compete for; to scramble for
  3. to take notice of; to respond

Conjugation

References

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