囲う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
囲
かこ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

囲う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かこう, rōmaji kakou)

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of "囲う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 囲わ かこわ kakowa
Continuative (連用形) 囲い かこい kakoi
Terminal (終止形) 囲う かこう kakou
Attributive (連体形) 囲う かこう kakou
Hypothetical (仮定形) 囲え かこえ kakoe
Imperative (命令形) 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
  • 囲む: to surround or encircle

References
  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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