敬う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うやま
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
礼う

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「敬う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
敬う やま
Imperative (命令形) 敬え やま
Key constructions
Passive 敬われる やまわれ
Causative 敬わせる やまわせ
Potential 敬える やまえ
Volitional 敬おう やまお
Negative 敬わない やまわない
Negative perfective 敬わなかった やまわなかった
Formal 敬います やまいま
Perfective 敬った やまった
Conjunctive 敬って やまって
Hypothetical conditional 敬えば やまえば

Verb

(うやま) (uyamautransitive godan (stem (うやま) (uyamai), past (うやま)った (uyamatta))

  1. respect, honor, revere, venerate

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