合う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
合
あ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あ​う [áꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • (file)
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "合う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
合う あ​う [áꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 合え あ​え [áꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 合われる あわれ​る [àwáréꜜrù]
Causative 合わせる あわせ​る [àwáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 合おう あお​ー [àóꜜò]
Negative 合わない あわ​ない [àwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 合わなかった あわ​なかった [àwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 合います あいま​す [àímáꜜsù]
Perfective 合った あ​った [áꜜttà]
Conjunctive 合って あ​って [áꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 合えば あ​えば [áꜜèbà]

Verb

合(あ)う • (au) ←あふ (afu)?intransitive godan (stem 合(あ)い (ai), past 合(あ)った (atta))

  1. to match; to fit; to agree
    イメージに合(あ)わない
    imēji ni awanai
    does not match with one's personal image
    中(ちゅう)華(か)料(りょう)理(り)に合(あ)うデザート
    chūka ryōri ni au dezāto
    dessert that pairs with Chinese food
    人(ひと)と話(はなし)が合(あ)う
    hito to hanashi ga au
    to be on the same wavelength with someone
    (literally, “the conversation with someone corresponds”)
    靴(くつ)のサイズが合(あ)わない
    kutsu no saizu ga awanai
    shoes are the wrong size
  2. to be proper
    合(あ)ってる
    atteru
    That's correct.

Conjugation

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Suffix

合(あ)う • (-au) ←あふ (afu)?godan (stem 合(あ)い (-ai), past 合(あ)った (-atta))

  1. (suffix) together; with each other
    誓(ちか)い合(あ)う
    chikaiau
    to promise to each other
    見(み)つめあう
    mitsumeau
    to stare into each other's eyes
    通(つう)じ合(あ)う
    tsūjiau
    to be reciprocally understood
    お互(たが)いの民族(みんぞく)の優(すぐ)れた性(せい)質(しつ)や高(こう)貴(き)な文(ぶん)化(か)を賞(しょう)讃(さん)し合(あ)う
    o-tagai no minzoku no sugureta seishitsu ya kōki na bunka o shōsan shiau
    praise the excellency and refined quality of the cultures of each other's peoples
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