Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
まと
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 付き (tsuki, ability to stick, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 付く (tsuku, to join; to attach)) +‎ 纏う (matou, to wear).

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "付き纏う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
付き纏う きまと [tsùkímátóꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 付き纏え きまと [tsùkímátóꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 付き纏われる きまとわれ [tsùkímátówáréꜜrù]
Causative 付き纏わせる きまとわせ [tsùkímátówáséꜜrù]
Potential 付き纏える きまとえ [tsùkímátóéꜜrù]
Volitional 付き纏おう きまとお [tsùkímátóóꜜò]
Negative 付き纏わない きまとわない [tsùkímátówáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 付き纏わなかった きまとわなかった [tsùkímátówáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 付き纏います きまといま [tsùkímátóímáꜜsù]
Perfective 付き纏った きまとった [tsùkímátóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 付き纏って きまとって [tsùkímátóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 付き纏えば きまとえば [tsùkímátóꜜèbà]

Verb edit

()(まと) (tsukimatouintransitive godan (stem ()(まと) (tsukimatoi), past ()(まと)った (tsukimatotta))

  1. follow around, tag along after
  2. be associated with
  3. haunt, be ever-present

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN