誓う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
誓
ちか
Grade: S
kun'yomi
See also 誓い

Etymology

Probably originally a compound of 血 (chi, “blood”) +‎ 交う (kau, “to cross, to blend, to mix”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「誓う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		誓う ちかう
Imperative (命令形) 誓え ちかえ
Key constructions
Passive 誓われる ちかわれる
Causative 誓わせる ちかわせる
Potential 誓える ちかえる
Volitional 誓おう ちかおー
Negative 誓わない ちかわない
Negative perfective 誓わなかった ちかわなかった
Formal 誓います ちかいます
Perfective 誓った ちかった
Conjunctive 誓って ちかって
Hypothetical conditional 誓えば ちかえば

Verb

誓(ちか)う • (chikau) ←ちかふ (tikafu)?transitive godan (stem 誓(ちか)い (chikai), past 誓(ちか)った (chikatta))

  1. to swear, to pledge, to make an oath, to vow
    復讐(ふくしゅう)を誓(ちか)った。
    Fukushū o chikatta.
    We swore vengeance.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "誓う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 誓わ ちかわ chikawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 誓い ちかい chikai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 誓う ちかう chikau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 誓う ちかう chikau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 誓え ちかえ chikae
Meireikei ("imperative") 誓え ちかえ chikae
Key constructions
Passive 誓われる ちかわれる chikawareru
Causative 誓わせる
誓わす 		ちかわせる
ちかわす 		chikawaseru
chikawasu
Potential 誓える ちかえる chikaeru
Volitional 誓おう ちかおう chikaō
Negative 誓わない ちかわない chikawanai
Negative continuative 誓わず ちかわず chikawazu
Formal 誓います ちかいます chikaimasu
Perfective 誓った ちかった chikatta
Conjunctive 誓って ちかって chikatte
Hypothetical conditional 誓えば ちかえば chikaeba

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
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