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囲う

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
囲
かこ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
圍う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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囲(かこ)う • (kakou) ←かこふ (kakofu)?transitive godan (stem 囲(かこ)い (kakoi), past 囲(かこ)った (kakotta))

  1. to enclose or surround as if with a wall, cutting off from outside influences

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "囲う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 囲わ かこわ kakowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 囲い かこい kakoi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 囲う かこう kakou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 囲う かこう kakou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 囲え かこえ kakoe
Meireikei ("imperative") 囲え かこえ kakoe
Key constructions
Passive 囲われる かこわれる kakowareru
Causative 囲わせる
囲わす 		かこわせる
かこわす 		kakowaseru
kakowasu
Potential 囲える かこえる kakoeru
Volitional 囲おう かこおう kakoō
Negative 囲わない かこわない kakowanai
Negative continuative 囲わず かこわず kakowazu
Formal 囲います かこいます kakoimasu
Perfective 囲った かこった kakotta
Conjunctive 囲って かこって kakotte
Hypothetical conditional 囲えば かこえば kakoeba

See also

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  • 囲む: to surround or encircle

References

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  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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