追う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "追う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
追う
Imperative (命令形) 追え
Key constructions
Passive 追われる われる
Causative 追わせる わせる
Potential 追える える
Volitional 追おう
Negative 追わない わない
Negative perfective 追わなかった わなかった
Formal 追います いま
Perfective 追った った
Conjunctive 追って って
Hypothetical conditional 追えば

Verb

() (outransitive godan (stem () (oi), past ()った (otta))

  1. to chase (after something)
    Synonym: 追い掛ける (oikakeru)
  2. to drive (force into an area)
    Synonym: 駆り立てる (karitateru)
  3. to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel
    Synonyms: 追い出す (oidasu), 追放する (tsuihō suru)
  4. to be pressed, to be put under pressure
  5. to pursue, to aspire to
    Synonym: 追い求める (oimotomeru)
  6. to follow in order, to follow a trend

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.