追う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
追
お Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Verb

追う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おう, rōmaji ou)

to chase (after something)
to drive (force into an area)
to oust, to drive out, to exile, to expel
to be pressed, to be put under pressure
to pursue, to aspire to
to follow in order, to follow a trend

Conjugation

Conjugation of "追う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	追わ	おわ	owa
Continuative (連用形)	追い	おい	oi
Terminal (終止形)	追う	おう	ou
Attributive (連体形)	追う	おう	ou
Hypothetical (仮定形)	追え	おえ	oe
Imperative (命令形)	追え	おえ	oe
Key constructions
Passive	追われる	おわれる	owareru
Causative	追わせる追わす	おわせるおわす	owaseru owasu
Potential	追える	おえる	oeru
Volitional	追おう	おおう	oō
Negative	追わない	おわない	owanai
Negative continuative	追わず	おわず	owazu
Formal	追います	おいます	oimasu
Perfective	追った	おった	otta
Conjunctive	追って	おって	otte
Hypothetical conditional	追えば	おえば	oeba

Synonyms

(chase): 追 (お)い掛 (か)ける (oikakeru)
(drive): 駆 (か)り立 (た)てる (karitateru)
(oust): 追 (お)い出 (だ)す (oidasu), 追放 (ついほう) (tsuihō)
(pursue): 追 (お)い求 (もと)める (oimotomeru)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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