連れ添う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
連	添
つ Grade: 4	そ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 連れ (tsure, “taking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 連れる (tsureru, “take (someone) with one, bring along, go with, be accompanied by”)) +‎ 添う (sou, “accompany, go along with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨɾe̞so̞ɯ̟]

Verb

連(つ)れ添(そ)う • (tsuresou) ^{←つれそふ (turesofu)?}intransitive godan (stem 連(つ)れ添(そ)い (tsuresoi), past 連(つ)れ添(そ)った (tsuresotta))

1. to become a couple, to become husband and wife, to be married to​

   長(なが)年(ねん)連(つ)れ添(そ)った夫(ふう)婦(ふ)

   naganen tsuresotta fūfu

   long-married husband and wife

   僕(ぼく)ら巡(めぐ)りあうこと　まさに一(いち)期(ご)一(いち)会(え) / 酸(す)いも甘(あま)いも試(し)練(れん)　連(つ)れ添(そ)ってこの手(て)握(にぎ)って

   bokura meguriau koto masa ni ichigo ichie / sui mo amai mo shiren tsuresotte kono te nigitte

   For us to wander into each other, truly once in a lifetime / Sour and sweet, a trial; marry me and hold this hand

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Conjugation

Conjugation of "連れ添う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	連れ添わ	つれそわ	tsuresowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	連れ添い	つれそい	tsuresoi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	連れ添う	つれそう	tsuresou
Rentaikei ("attributive")	連れ添う	つれそう	tsuresou
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	連れ添え	つれそえ	tsuresoe
Meireikei ("imperative")	連れ添え	つれそえ	tsuresoe
Key constructions
Passive	連れ添われる	つれそわれる	tsuresowareru
Causative	連れ添わせる 連れ添わす	つれそわせる つれそわす	tsuresowaseru tsuresowasu
Potential	連れ添える	つれそえる	tsuresoeru
Volitional	連れ添おう	つれそおう	tsuresoō
Negative	連れ添わない	つれそわない	tsuresowanai
Negative continuative	連れ添わず	つれそわず	tsuresowazu
Formal	連れ添います	つれそいます	tsuresoimasu
Perfective	連れ添った	つれそった	tsuresotta
Conjunctive	連れ添って	つれそって	tsuresotte
Hypothetical conditional	連れ添えば	つれそえば	tsuresoeba

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

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	連れ添は	つれそは	turesofa
Continuative (連用形)	連れ添ひ	つれそひ	turesofi
Terminal (終止形)	連れ添ふ	つれそふ	turesofu
Attributive (連体形)	連れ添ふ	つれそふ	turesofu
Realis (已然形)	連れ添へ	つれそへ	turesofe
Imperative (命令形)	連れ添へ	つれそへ	turesofe
Key constructions
Negative	連れ添はず	つれそはず	turesofazu
Contrasting conjunction	連れ添へど	つれそへど	turesofedo
Causal conjunction	連れ添へば	つれそへば	turesofeba
Conditional conjunction	連れ添はば	つれそはば	turesofaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	連れ添ひき	つれそひき	turesofiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	連れ添ひけり	つれそひけり	turesofikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	連れ添ひつ	つれそひつ	turesofitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	連れ添ひぬ	つれそひぬ	turesofinu
Perfect-continuative tense	連れ添へり 連れ添ひたり	つれそへり つれそひたり	turesoferi turesofitari
Volitional	連れ添はむ	つれそはむ	turesofamu

Derived terms

• 連(つ)れ添(そ)い (tsuresoi, “spouse”)