味わう

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あじ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「味わう
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
味わう じわ
Imperative (命令形) 味わえ じわ
Key constructions
Passive 味わわれる じわわれ
Causative 味わわせる じわわせ
Potential 味わえる じわえ
Volitional 味わおう じわお
Negative 味わわない じわわない
Negative perfective 味わわなかった じわわなかった
Formal 味わいます じわいま
Perfective 味わった じわった
Conjunctive 味わって じわって
Hypothetical conditional 味わえば じわえば

Verb

(あじ)わう (ajiwauあぢはふ (adifafu)?transitive godan (stem (あじ)わい (ajiwai), past (あじ)わった (ajiwatta))

  1. savor; relish; enjoy the taste of
  2. savor; relish; appreciate; enjoy (an experience)
  3. appreciate; understand (an experience); feel (the joy or pain of something)

Conjugation

References

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