洗う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
洗
あら
Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「洗う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		洗う あらう
Imperative (命令形) 洗え あらえ
Key constructions
Passive 洗われる あらわれる
Causative 洗わせる あらわせる
Potential 洗える あらえる
Volitional 洗おう あらおー
Negative 洗わない あらわない
Negative perfective 洗わなかった あらわなかった
Formal 洗います あらいます
Perfective 洗った あらった
Conjunctive 洗って あらって
Hypothetical conditional 洗えば あらえば

Verb

洗(あら)う • (arau) ←あらふ (arafu)?transitive godan (stem 洗(あら)い (arai), past 洗(あら)った (aratta))

  1. to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of "洗う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 洗わ あらわ arawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 洗い あらい arai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 洗う あらう arau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 洗う あらう arau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 洗え あらえ arae
Meireikei ("imperative") 洗え あらえ arae
Key constructions
Passive 洗われる あらわれる arawareru
Causative 洗わせる
洗わす 		あらわせる
あらわす 		arawaseru
arawasu
Potential 洗える あらえる araeru
Volitional 洗おう あらおう araō
Negative 洗わない あらわない arawanai
Negative continuative 洗わず あらわず arawazu
Formal 洗います あらいます araimasu
Perfective 洗った あらった aratta
Conjunctive 洗って あらって aratte
Hypothetical conditional 洗えば あらえば araeba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
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