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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