救う

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
すく
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Cognate with Japanese 掬う.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「救う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
救う くう
Imperative (命令形) 救え くえ
Key constructions
Passive 救われる くわれる
Causative 救わせる くわせる
Potential 救える くえる
Volitional 救おう くお
Negative 救わない くわない
Negative perfective 救わなかった くわなかった
Formal 救います くいま
Perfective 救った くった
Conjunctive 救って くって
Hypothetical conditional 救えば くえ

Verb

(すく) (sukuutransitive godan (stem (すく) (sukui), past (すく)った (sukutta))

  1. save, rescue, relieve
    この(いぬ)(やま)遭難者(そうなんしゃ)(すく)ように訓練(くんれん)されている。
    Kono inu wa yama no sōnansha o sukuu yō ni kunren sarete iru.
    This dog is trained to rescue climbers who have met with accidents.
  2. get someone back on the right track
    (すく)(がた)無情者(むじょうもの)
    sukui-gatai mujōmono
    an incurable slob

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN