祝う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
祝
いわ
Grade: 4
Alternative spelling
祝う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "祝う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		祝う いわ​う
Imperative (命令形) 祝え いわ​え
Key constructions
Passive 祝われる いわわれ​る
Causative 祝わせる いわわせ​る
Potential 祝える いわえ​る
Volitional 祝おう いわお​ー
Negative 祝わない いわわ​ない
Negative perfective 祝わなかった いわわ​なかった
Formal 祝います いわいま​す
Perfective 祝った いわ​った
Conjunctive 祝って いわ​って
Hypothetical conditional 祝えば いわ​えば

Verb

祝(いわ)う • (iwau) ←いはふ (ifafu)?transitive godan (stem 祝(いわ)い (iwai), past 祝(いわ)った (iwatta))

  1. celebrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "祝う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 祝わ いわわ iwawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 祝い いわい iwai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 祝う いわう iwau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 祝う いわう iwau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 祝え いわえ iwae
Meireikei ("imperative") 祝え いわえ iwae
Key constructions
Passive 祝われる いわわれる iwawareru
Causative 祝わせる
祝わす 		いわわせる
いわわす 		iwawaseru
iwawasu
Potential 祝える いわえる iwaeru
Volitional 祝おう いわおう iwaō
Negative 祝わない いわわない iwawanai
Negative continuative 祝わず いわわず iwawazu
Formal 祝います いわいます iwaimasu
Perfective 祝った いわった iwatta
Conjunctive 祝って いわって iwatte
Hypothetical conditional 祝えば いわえば iwaeba

References

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