競う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
競
きそ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「競う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		競う きそう
Imperative (命令形) 競え きそえ
Key constructions
Passive 競われる きそわれる
Causative 競わせる きそわせる
Potential 競える きそえる
Volitional 競おう きそおー
Negative 競わない きそわない
Negative perfective 競わなかった きそわなかった
Formal 競います きそいます
Perfective 競った きそった
Conjunctive 競って きそって
Hypothetical conditional 競えば きそえば

Verb

競(きそ)う • (kisou) ←きそふ (kisofu)?intransitive godan (stem 競(きそ)い (kisoi), past 競(きそ)った (kisotta))

  1. compete with

Conjugation

Conjugation of "競う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 競わ きそわ kisowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 競い きそい kisoi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 競う きそう kisou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 競う きそう kisou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 競え きそえ kisoe
Meireikei ("imperative") 競え きそえ kisoe
Key constructions
Passive 競われる きそわれる kisowareru
Causative 競わせる
競わす 		きそわせる
きそわす 		kisowaseru
kisowasu
Potential 競える きそえる kisoeru
Volitional 競おう きそおう kisoō
Negative 競わない きそわない kisowanai
Negative continuative 競わず きそわず kisowazu
Formal 競います きそいます kisoimasu
Perfective 競った きそった kisotta
Conjunctive 競って きそって kisotte
Hypothetical conditional 競えば きそえば kisoeba
Classical conjugation of "競ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 競は きそは kisofa
Continuative (連用形) 競ひ きそひ kisofi
Terminal (終止形) 競ふ きそふ kisofu
Attributive (連体形) 競ふ きそふ kisofu
Realis (已然形) 競へ きそへ kisofe
Imperative (命令形) 競へ きそへ kisofe
Key constructions
Negative 競はず きそはず kisofazu
Contrasting conjunction 競へど きそへど kisofedo
Causal conjunction 競へば きそへば kisofeba
Conditional conjunction 競はば きそはば kisofaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 競ひき きそひき kisofiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 競ひけり きそひけり kisofikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 競ひつ きそひつ kisofitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 競ひぬ きそひぬ kisofinu
Perfect-continuative tense 競へり
競ひたり		 きそへり
きそひたり		 kisoferi
kisofitari
Volitional 競はむ きそはむ kisofamu
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