請う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
請
こ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
乞う

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "請う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
請う こ​う [kóꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 請え こ​え [kóꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 請われる こわれ​る [kòwáréꜜrù]
Causative 請わせる こわせ​る [kòwáséꜜrù]
Potential 請える こえ​る [kòéꜜrù]
Volitional 請おう こお​ー [kòóꜜò]
Negative 請わない こわ​ない [kòwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 請わなかった こわ​なかった [kòwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 請います こいま​す [kòímáꜜsù]
Perfective 請うた こ​ーた [kóꜜòtà]
Conjunctive 請うて こ​ーて [kóꜜòtè]
Hypothetical conditional 請えば こ​えば [kóꜜèbà]

Verb

請(こ)う • (kou) ←こふ (kofu)?transitive godan (stem 請(こ)い (koi), past 請(こ)うた (kōta))

  1. to ask, beg, request, entreat, appeal, solicit
    乞(こ)うご期待(きたい)!
    Kou go-kitai!
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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