追う

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「追う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
追う [òú]
Imperative (命令形) 追え [òé]
Key constructions
Passive 追われる われる [òwárérú]
Causative 追わせる わせる [òwásérú]
Potential 追える える [òérú]
Volitional 追おう [òóꜜò]
Negative 追わない わない [òwánáí]
Negative perfective 追わなかった わなかった [òwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 追います いま [òímáꜜsù]
Perfective 追った った [òttá]
Conjunctive 追って って [òtté]
Hypothetical conditional 追えば [òéꜜbà]

Verb

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() (outransitive godan (stem () (oi), past ()った (otta))

  1. to chase (after something)
    Synonym: 追い掛ける (oikakeru)
  2. to drive (force into an area)
    Synonym: 駆り立てる (karitateru)
  3. to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel
    Synonyms: 追い出す (oidasu), 追放する (tsuihō suru)
  4. to be pressed, to be put under pressure
  5. to pursue, to aspire to
    Synonym: 追い求める (oimotomeru)
  6. to follow in order, to follow a trend

Conjugation

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References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.