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合う

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *apu. Compare () (au).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「合う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
合う [áꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 合え [áꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 合われる われ [àwáréꜜrù]
Causative 合わせる わせ [àwáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 合おう [àóꜜò]
Negative 合わない ない [àwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 合わなかった なかった [àwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 合います いま [àímáꜜsù]
Perfective 合った った [áꜜttà]
Conjunctive 合って って [áꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 合えば えば [áꜜèbà]

Verb

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() (auあふ (afu)?intransitive godan (stem () (ai), past ()った (atta))

  1. to match; to fit; to agree
    イメージ()わない
    imēji ni awanai
    does not match with one's personal image
    (ちゅう)()(りょう)()()デザート
    chūka ryōri ni au dezāto
    dessert that pairs with Chinese food
    (ひと)(はなし)()
    hito to hanashi ga au
    to be on the same wavelength with someone
    (literally, “the conversation with someone corresponds”)
    (くつ)サイズ()わない
    kutsu no saizu ga awanai
    shoes are the wrong size
  2. to be proper
    ()ってる
    atteru
    That's correct.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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See also

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Suffix

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() (-auあふ (-afu)?godan (stem () (-ai), past ()った (-atta))

  1. (suffix) together; with each other
    (ちか)()
    chikaiau
    to promise to each other
    ()つめあう
    mitsumeau
    to stare into each other's eyes
    (つう)()
    tsūjiau
    to be reciprocally understood

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 あ・う[あふ] 【合・会・逢・遭】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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