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
    
労う • (negirau) transitive godan (stem 労い (negirai), past 労った (negiratta))
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of "労う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 労わ | ねぎらわ | negirawa | 
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 労い | ねぎらい | negirai | 
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 労う | ねぎらう | negirau | 
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 労う | ねぎらう | negirau | 
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 労え | ねぎらえ | negirae | 
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 労え | ねぎらえ | negirae | 
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 労われる | ねぎらわれる | negirawareru | 
| Causative | 労わせる 労わす | ねぎらわせる ねぎらわす | negirawaseru negirawasu | 
| Potential | 労える | ねぎらえる | negiraeru | 
| Volitional | 労おう | ねぎらおう | negiraō | 
| Negative | 労わない | ねぎらわない | negirawanai | 
| Negative continuative | 労わず | ねぎらわず | negirawazu | 
| Formal | 労います | ねぎらいます | negiraimasu | 
| Perfective | 労った | ねぎらった | negiratta | 
| Conjunctive | 労って | ねぎらって | negiratte | 
| Hypothetical conditional | 労えば | ねぎらえば | negiraeba | 
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