Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
被う
蔽う
蓋う
掩う

Etymology

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/opu pu//opopu//ofofu/ → */owou//oːu/

From the Old Japanese verb 覆ふ (opu, cover from above) + (-fu, auxiliary verb modifier, expressing repetition or ongoing state).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「覆う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
覆う おう [òóú]
Imperative (命令形) 覆え おえ [òóé]
Key constructions
Passive 覆われる おわれる [òówárérú]
Causative 覆わせる おわせる [òówásérú]
Potential 覆える おえる [òóérú]
Volitional 覆おう おお [òóóꜜò]
Negative 覆わない おわない [òówánáí]
Negative perfective 覆わなかった おわなかった [òówánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 覆います おいま [òóímáꜜsù]
Perfective 覆った おった [òóttá]
Conjunctive 覆って おって [òótté]
Hypothetical conditional 覆えば おえ [òóéꜜbà]

Verb

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(おお) (ōuおほふ (ofofu)?transitive godan (stem (おお) (ōi), past (おお)った (ōtta))

  1. to cover
    (くも)(とう)(おう)(おお)
    kumo ga Tōō o ōu
    clouds cover eastern Europe
    (みち)(ゆき)(おお)われています
    michi wa yuki de ōwarete imasu
    the road is covered with snow
  2. to cover up, to conceal, to hide
    傷跡(きずあと)メイク(おお)
    kizuato o meiku de ōu
    to cover up scars with makeup
    (あわ)てて両手(りょうて)(かお)(おお)おうとした。
    Awatete ryōte de kao o ōō toshita.
    In a panic I tried hiding my face in my hands.
  3. to permeate, to spread throughout
    音楽(おんがく)部屋(へや)全体(ぜんたい)(おお)
    Ongaku ga heya zentai o ōu.
    Music permeates the entire room.
  4. to include everything (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Robert E. Morrell (2002) Early Kamakura Buddhism: A Minority Report (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture), Jain Publishing Company, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.