舞う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
舞
ま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "舞う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		舞う まう
Imperative (命令形) 舞え まえ
Key constructions
Passive 舞われる まわれる
Causative 舞わせる まわせる
Potential 舞える まえる
Volitional 舞おう まお​ー
Negative 舞わない まわない
Negative perfective 舞わなかった まわな​かった
Formal 舞います まいま​す
Perfective 舞った まった
Conjunctive 舞って まって
Hypothetical conditional 舞えば まえ​ば

Verb

舞(ま)う • (mau) ←まふ (mafu)?intransitive godan (stem 舞(ま)い (mai), past 舞(ま)った (matta))

  1. to dance
  2. to twirl; to rotate or spin
    風(かぜ)に舞(ま)う花弁(はなびら)
    kaze ni mau hanabira
    flower petals blowing in the wind
  3. (archaic or in fixed compounds) to keep moving; to move continuously
    振(ふ)る舞(ま)う (furumau, “to behave”)
    立(た)ち舞(ま)う (tachimau, “to socialize”)

Usage notes

This word primarily refers to whirling dances, as opposed to 踊(おど)る (odoru) which primarily refers to hopping dances.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "舞う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 舞わ まわ mawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 舞い まい mai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 舞う まう mau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 舞う まう mau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 舞え まえ mae
Meireikei ("imperative") 舞え まえ mae
Key constructions
Passive 舞われる まわれる mawareru
Causative 舞わせる
舞わす 		まわせる
まわす 		mawaseru
mawasu
Potential 舞える まえる maeru
Volitional 舞おう まおう maō
Negative 舞わない まわない mawanai
Negative continuative 舞わず まわず mawazu
Formal 舞います まいます maimasu
Perfective 舞った まった matta
Conjunctive 舞って まって matte
Hypothetical conditional 舞えば まえば maeba

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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