装う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
装
よそお
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
裝う (kyūjitai)
粧う
扮う

Verb

装(よそお)う • (yosōu) ←よそほふ (yosofofu)?transitive godan (stem 装(よそお)い (yosōi), past 装(よそお)った (yosōtta))

  1. feign, pose as, assume, affect a feeling
    無知(むち)を装(よそお)う
    muchi o yosōu
    to feign ignorance
    彼(かれ)は偉(えら)そうに装(よそお)っていたが、実際(じっさい)は初心者(しょしんしゃ)だった。
    Kare wa erasō ni yosōtte ita ga, jissai wa shoshinsha datta.
    He posed as an expert despite being a beginner.
  2. be dressed in, adorn oneself, dress up
    豪華(ごうか)に装(よそお)った姫(ひめ)
    gōka ni yosōtta hime
    gorgeously dressed noblewoman

Conjugation

Conjugation of "装う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 装わ よそおわ yosōwa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 装い よそおい yosōi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 装う よそおう yosōu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 装う よそおう yosōu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 装え よそおえ yosōe
Meireikei ("imperative") 装え よそおえ yosōe
Key constructions
Passive 装われる よそおわれる yosōwareru
Causative 装わせる
装わす 		よそおわせる
よそおわす 		yosōwaseru
yosōwasu
Potential 装える よそおえる yosōeru
Volitional 装おう よそおおう yosōō
Negative 装わない よそおわない yosōwanai
Negative continuative 装わず よそおわず yosōwazu
Formal 装います よそおいます yosōimasu
Perfective 装った よそおった yosōtta
Conjunctive 装って よそおって yosōtte
Hypothetical conditional 装えば よそおえば yosōeba
Classical conjugation of "装ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 装は よそほは yosofofa
Continuative (連用形) 装ひ よそほひ yosofofi
Terminal (終止形) 装ふ よそほふ yosofofu
Attributive (連体形) 装ふ よそほふ yosofofu
Realis (已然形) 装へ よそほへ yosofofe
Imperative (命令形) 装へ よそほへ yosofofe
Key constructions
Negative 装はず よそほはず yosofofazu
Contrasting conjunction 装へど よそほへど yosofofedo
Causal conjunction 装へば よそほへば yosofofeba
Conditional conjunction 装はば よそほはば yosofofaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 装ひき よそほひき yosofofiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 装ひけり よそほひけり yosofofikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 装ひつ よそほひつ yosofofitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 装ひぬ よそほひぬ yosofofinu
Perfect-continuative tense 装へり
装ひたり		 よそほへり
よそほひたり		 yosofoferi
yosofofitari
Volitional 装はむ よそほはむ yosofofamu
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