労う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
労
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
勞う (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from the root of 労(ね)ぐ (negu, “to pray for blessings or protection”) and classical auxiliary verb ふ (fu, indicating repetition or ongoing state); however the intermedial -r- portion is unclear.

Verb

労(ねぎら)う • (negirau) transitive godan (stem 労(ねぎら)い (negirai), past 労(ねぎら)った (negiratta))

  1. to thank for, to reward for

Conjugation

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