行う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おこな
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
行なう

Etymology

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Particularly: “From classical yodan(四段活用) verb (おこな) (okonafu), formed from おこ (oko, from () (oku)) + なふ (nafu, verb-forming suffix).”

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "行う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
行う こなう
Imperative (命令形) 行え こなえ
Key constructions
Passive 行われる こなわれる
Causative 行わせる こなわせる
Potential 行える こなえる
Volitional 行おう こなお
Negative 行わない こなわない
Negative perfective 行わなかった こなわなかった
Formal 行います こないま
Perfective 行った こなった
Conjunctive 行って こなって
Hypothetical conditional 行えば こなえ

Verb

(おこな) (okonauおこなふ (okonafu)?transitive godan (stem (おこな) (okonai), past (おこな)った (okonatta))

  1. to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
    インタビュー英語(えいご)(おこな)われていました
    Intabyū wa eigo de okonawarete imashita.
    The interview was conducted in English.

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