追う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
追
お
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
逐う

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *op- ~ əp-. Perhaps cognate with 負う (ou, “to carry on the back”), as both words involve the movement of one person behind another person, but the accent values in Early Middle Japanese and Kyoto do not match.

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 おう
Imperative (命令形) 追え おえ
Key constructions
Passive 追われる おわれる
Causative 追わせる おわせる
Potential 追える おえる
Volitional 追おう おおー
Negative 追わない おわない
Negative perfective 追わなかった おわなかった
Formal 追います おいます
Perfective 追った おった
Conjunctive 追って おって
Hypothetical conditional 追えば おえば

Verb

追(お)う • (ou) ←おふ (ofu)?transitive godan (stem 追(お)い (oi), past 追(お)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

Conjugation of "追う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 追わ おわ owa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 追い おい oi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 追う おう ou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 追う おう ou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 追え おえ oe
Meireikei ("imperative") 追え おえ oe
Key constructions
Passive 追われる おわれる owareru
Causative 追わせる
追わす 		おわせる
おわす 		owaseru
owasu
Potential 追える おえる oeru
Volitional 追おう おおう oō
Negative 追わない おわない owanai
Negative continuative 追わず おわず owazu
Formal 追います おいます oimasu
Perfective 追った おった otta
Conjunctive 追って おって otte
Hypothetical conditional 追えば おえば oeba

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 , Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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