Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
うたが
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “related to (うかが) (ukagau)?”

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "疑う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
疑う たがう [ùtágáú]
Imperative (命令形) 疑え たがえ [ùtágáé]
Key constructions
Passive 疑われる たがわれる [ùtágáwárérú]
Causative 疑わせる たがわせる [ùtágáwásérú]
Potential 疑える たがえる [ùtágáérú]
Volitional 疑おう たがお [ùtágáóꜜò]
Negative 疑わない たがわない [ùtágáwánáí]
Negative perfective 疑わなかった たがわなかった [ùtágáwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 疑います たがいま [ùtágáímáꜜsù]
Perfective 疑った たがった [ùtágáttá]
Conjunctive 疑って たがって [ùtágátté]
Hypothetical conditional 疑えば たがえ [ùtágáéꜜbà]

Verb edit

(うたが) (utagautransitive godan (stem (うたが) (utagai), past (うたが)った (utagatta))

  1. to doubt
  2. to have doubts; to suspect
  3. to be doubtful
  4. to distrust, to mistrust
  5. to call (a matter) into question

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN