誓う

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 [chìkáú]
Imperative (命令形) 誓え ちかえ [chìkáé]
Key constructions
Passive 誓われる ちかわれる [chìkáwárérú]
Causative 誓わせる ちかわせる [chìkáwásérú]
Potential 誓える ちかえる [chìkáérú]
Volitional 誓おう ちかお​ー [chìkáóꜜò]
Negative 誓わない ちかわない [chìkáwánáí]
Negative perfective 誓わなかった ちかわな​かった [chìkáwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 誓います ちかいま​す [chìkáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 誓った ちかった [chìkáttá]
Conjunctive 誓って ちかって [chìkátté]
Hypothetical conditional 誓えば ちかえ​ば [chìkáéꜜbà]

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

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. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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