通う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
通
かよ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「通う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		通う かよう
Imperative (命令形) 通え かよえ
Key constructions
Passive 通われる かよわれる
Causative 通わせる かよわせる
Potential 通える かよえる
Volitional 通おう かよおー
Negative 通わない かよわない
Negative perfective 通わなかった かよわなかった
Formal 通います かよいます
Perfective 通った かよった
Conjunctive 通って かよって
Hypothetical conditional 通えば かよえば

Verb

通(かよ)う • (kayou) ←かよふ (kayofu)?intransitive godan (stem 通(かよ)い (kayoi), past 通(かよ)った (kayotta))

  1. to commute, to go back and forth, to ply between, to attend (school)
    大学(だいがく)に通(かよ)う
    daigaku ni kayou
    to go to university
    夜学(やがく)に通(かよ)う
    yagaku ni kayou
    to attend night school

Conjugation

Conjugation of "通う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 通わ かよわ kayowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 通い かよい kayoi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 通う かよう kayou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 通う かよう kayou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 通え かよえ kayoe
Meireikei ("imperative") 通え かよえ kayoe
Key constructions
Passive 通われる かよわれる kayowareru
Causative 通わせる
通わす 		かよわせる
かよわす 		kayowaseru
kayowasu
Potential 通える かよえる kayoeru
Volitional 通おう かよおう kayoō
Negative 通わない かよわない kayowanai
Negative continuative 通わず かよわず kayowazu
Formal 通います かよいます kayoimasu
Perfective 通った かよった kayotta
Conjunctive 通って かよって kayotte
Hypothetical conditional 通えば かよえば kayoeba

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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