縫う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縫
ぬ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

/nupu/ → /nuɸu/ → /nuː/

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぬう [núꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [nɯ̟ː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「縫う」

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	縫う	ぬう	[núꜜù]
Imperative (命令形)	縫え	ぬえ	[núꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive	縫われる	ぬわれる	[nùwáréꜜrù]
Causative	縫わせる	ぬわせる	[nùwáséꜜrù]
Potential	縫える	ぬえる	[nùéꜜrù]
Volitional	縫おう	ぬおー	[nùóꜜò]
Negative	縫わない	ぬわない	[nùwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective	縫わなかった	ぬわなかった	[nùwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal	縫います	ぬいます	[nùímáꜜsù]
Perfective	縫った	ぬった	[núꜜttà]
Conjunctive	縫って	ぬって	[núꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional	縫えば	ぬえば	[núꜜèbà]

Verb

縫(ぬ)う • (nuu) ^{←ぬふ (nufu)?}transitive godan (stem 縫(ぬ)い (nui), past 縫(ぬ)った (nutta))

1. to sew
2. to create (a garment) by sewing; to sew together

   着物(きもの)を縫(ぬ)う

   kimono o nū

   to sew a kimono together

3. (medicine) to sew up, to suture (a wound)

   Synonym: 縫合する (hōgō suru)

4. to weave one's way through (a crowd)

   人混(ひとな)みを縫(ぬ)う

   hitonami o nū

   to weave one's way through a crowd

5. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "縫う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	縫わ	ぬわ	nuwa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	縫い	ぬい	nui
Shūshikei ("terminal")	縫う	ぬう	nuu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	縫う	ぬう	nuu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	縫え	ぬえ	nue
Meireikei ("imperative")	縫え	ぬえ	nue
Key constructions
Passive	縫われる	ぬわれる	nuwareru
Causative	縫わせる 縫わす	ぬわせる ぬわす	nuwaseru nuwasu
Potential	縫える	ぬえる	nueru
Volitional	縫おう	ぬおう	nuō
Negative	縫わない	ぬわない	nuwanai
Negative continuative	縫わず	ぬわず	nuwazu
Formal	縫います	ぬいます	nuimasu
Perfective	縫った	ぬった	nutta
Conjunctive	縫って	ぬって	nutte
Hypothetical conditional	縫えば	ぬえば	nueba

Classical conjugation of "縫ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	縫は	ぬは	nufa
Continuative (連用形)	縫ひ	ぬひ	nufi
Terminal (終止形)	縫ふ	ぬふ	nufu
Attributive (連体形)	縫ふ	ぬふ	nufu
Realis (已然形)	縫へ	ぬへ	nufe
Imperative (命令形)	縫へ	ぬへ	nufe
Key constructions
Negative	縫はず	ぬはず	nufazu
Contrasting conjunction	縫へど	ぬへど	nufedo
Causal conjunction	縫へば	ぬへば	nufeba
Conditional conjunction	縫はば	ぬはば	nufaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	縫ひき	ぬひき	nufiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	縫ひけり	ぬひけり	nufikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	縫ひつ	ぬひつ	nufitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	縫ひぬ	ぬひぬ	nufinu
Perfect-continuative tense	縫へり 縫ひたり	ぬへり ぬひたり	nuferi nufitari
Volitional	縫はむ	ぬはむ	nufamu

Derived terms

• 間(かん)隙(げき)を縫(ぬ)う (kangeki o nuu)