恋う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
恋
こ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
戀う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

恋(こ)う • (kou) ←こふ (kofu)?godan (stem 恋(こ)い (koi), past 恋(こ)った (kotta))

  1. (literary) to miss; to love; to have a deep affection for
    母(はは)を恋(こ)う
    haha o kou
    to miss one's mother
    故郷(ふるさと)を恋(こ)う
    furusato o kou
    to miss one's hometown

Conjugation

Conjugation of "恋う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 恋わ こわ kowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 恋い こい koi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 恋う こう kou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 恋う こう kou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 恋え こえ koe
Meireikei ("imperative") 恋え こえ koe
Key constructions
Passive 恋われる こわれる kowareru
Causative 恋わせる
恋わす 		こわせる
こわす 		kowaseru
kowasu
Potential 恋える こえる koeru
Volitional 恋おう こおう koō
Negative 恋わない こわない kowanai
Negative continuative 恋わず こわず kowazu
Formal 恋います こいます koimasu
Perfective 恋うた こうた kouta
Conjunctive 恋うて こうて koute
Hypothetical conditional 恋えば こえば koeba
Classical conjugation of "恋ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 恋は こは kofa
Continuative (連用形) 恋ひ こひ kofi
Terminal (終止形) 恋ふ こふ kofu
Attributive (連体形) 恋ふ こふ kofu
Realis (已然形) 恋へ こへ kofe
Imperative (命令形) 恋へ こへ kofe
Key constructions
Negative 恋はず こはず kofazu
Contrasting conjunction 恋へど こへど kofedo
Causal conjunction 恋へば こへば kofeba
Conditional conjunction 恋はば こはば kofaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 恋ひき こひき kofiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 恋ひけり こひけり kofikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 恋ひつ こひつ kofitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 恋ひぬ こひぬ kofinu
Perfect-continuative tense 恋へり
恋ひたり		 こへり
こひたり		 koferi
kofitari
Volitional 恋はむ こはむ kofamu
Classical conjugation of "恋ふ" (ハ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 恋ひ こひ kofi
Continuative (連用形) 恋ひ こひ kofi
Terminal (終止形) 恋ふ こふ kofu
Attributive (連体形) 恋ふる こふる kofuru
Realis (已然形) 恋ふれ こふれ kofure
Imperative (命令形) 恋ひよ こひよ kofiyo
Key constructions
Negative 恋ひず こひず kofizu
Contrasting conjunction 恋ふれど こふれど kofuredo
Causal conjunction 恋ふれば こふれば kofureba
Conditional conjunction 恋ひば こひば kofiba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 恋ひき こひき kofiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 恋ひけり こひけり kofikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 恋ひつ こひつ kofitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 恋ひぬ こひぬ kofinu
Perfect-continuative tense 恋ひたり こひたり kofitari
Volitional 恋ひむ こひむ kofimu

Derived terms

References

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