沿う
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term |
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沿 |
そ Grade: 6 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Japanese. Used in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「沿う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
沿う | そう そう |
[sòú] [sóꜜù] |
Imperative (命令形) | 沿え | そえ そえ |
[sòé] [sóꜜè] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 沿われる | そわれる そわれる |
[sòwárérú] [sòwáréꜜrù] |
Causative | 沿わせる | そわせる そわせる |
[sòwásérú] [sòwáséꜜrù] |
Potential | 沿える | そえる そえる |
[sòérú] [sòéꜜrù] |
Volitional | 沿おう | そおー | [sòóꜜò] |
Negative | 沿わない | そわない そわない |
[sòwánáí] [sòwáꜜnàì] |
Negative perfective | 沿わなかった | そわなかった そわなかった |
[sòwánáꜜkàttà] [sòwáꜜnàkàttà] |
Formal | 沿います | そいます | [sòímáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 沿った | そった そった |
[sòttá] [sóꜜttà] |
Conjunctive | 沿って | そって そって |
[sòtté] [sóꜜttè] |
Hypothetical conditional | 沿えば | そえば そえば |
[sòéꜜbà] [sóꜜèbà] |
Verb
[edit]沿う • (sou) intransitive godan (stem 沿い (soi), past 沿った (sotta))
- to run along (a river, railway, road, etc.), to line (the shore etc.)
- to follow (rules, guidelines, etc.)
Usage notes
[edit]Often used in a kind of adverbial phrase construction, ...に沿って... (... ni sotte ...), with a general meaning of along, in keeping with, along the lines of, in parallel with.
- 自分の期待に沿って生活する
- jibun no kitai ni sotte seikatsu suru
- to live in keeping with one's own expectations
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "沿う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 沿わ | そわ | sowa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 沿い | そい | soi |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 沿う | そう | sou |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 沿う | そう | sou |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 沿え | そえ | soe |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 沿え | そえ | soe |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 沿われる | そわれる | sowareru |
Causative | 沿わせる 沿わす |
そわせる そわす |
sowaseru sowasu |
Potential | 沿える | そえる | soeru |
Volitional | 沿おう | そおう | soō |
Negative | 沿わない | そわない | sowanai |
Negative continuative | 沿わず | そわず | sowazu |
Formal | 沿います | そいます | soimasu |
Perfective | 沿った | そった | sotta |
Conjunctive | 沿って | そって | sotte |
Hypothetical conditional | 沿えば | そえば | soeba |
References
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- Japanese godan verbs
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