つちかう

Japanese

Alternative spelling
培う

Etymology

From classical Japanese 土養(つちか)ふ (tsuchikafu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つちかう [tsùchíkáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨt͡ɕika̠ɯ̟]

Verb

つちかう • (tsuchikau) transitive godan (stem つちかい (tsuchikai), past つちかった (tsuchikatta))

1. to cultivate; to foster
   • government description of Sports Day

     健(けん)康(こう)な心(しん)身(しん)を培(つちか)う

     kenkō na shinshin o tsuchikau

     to cultivate a healthy heart and mind

   • 2017, 三秋縋, [1]

     残(のこ)された時(じ)間(かん)を使(つか)い、彼(かれ)らは自(じ)分(ぶん)の培(つちか)ってきた技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)を伝(でん)授(じゅ)しあう。

     Nokosareta jikan o tsukai, karera wa jibun no tsuchikattekita gijutsu o denjushiau.

     Using the time left, they taught each other the skills they had acquired.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "つちかう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	つちかわ	tsuchikawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	つちかい	tsuchikai
Shūshikei ("terminal")	つちかう	tsuchikau
Rentaikei ("attributive")	つちかう	tsuchikau
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	つちかえ	tsuchikae
Meireikei ("imperative")	つちかえ	tsuchikae
Key constructions
Passive	つちかわれる	tsuchikawareru
Causative	つちかわせる つちかわす	tsuchikawaseru tsuchikawasu
Potential	つちかえる	tsuchikaeru
Volitional	つちかおう	tsuchikaō
Negative	つちかわない	tsuchikawanai
Negative continuative	つちかわず	tsuchikawazu
Formal	つちかいます	tsuchikaimasu
Perfective	つちかった	tsuchikatta
Conjunctive	つちかって	tsuchikatte
Hypothetical conditional	つちかえば	tsuchikaeba