追う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
追
お
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞ɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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 おう [òú]
Imperative (命令形) 追え おえ [òé]
Key constructions
Passive 追われる おわれる [òwárérú]
Causative 追わせる おわせる [òwásérú]
Potential 追える おえる [òérú]
Volitional 追おう おお​ー [òóꜜò]
Negative 追わない おわない [òwánáí]
Negative perfective 追わなかった おわな​かった [òwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 追います おいま​す [òímáꜜsù]
Perfective 追った おった [òttá]
Conjunctive 追って おって [òtté]
Hypothetical conditional 追えば おえ​ば [òéꜜbà]

Verb

追(お)う • (ou) transitive godan (stem 追(お)い (oi), past 追(お)った (otta))

  1. to chase (after something)
  2. to drive (force into an area)
  3. to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel
  4. to be pressed, to be put under pressure
  5. to pursue, to aspire to
  6. to follow in order, to follow a trend

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

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