つちかう

つちかう

Japanese

Alternative spelling
培う

Etymology

From classical Japanese 土養(つちか)ふ (tsuchikafu).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つちか​う [tsùchíkáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝt͡ɕika̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

つちかう • (tsuchikau) transitive godan (stem つちかい (tsuchikai), past つちかった (tsuchikatta))

1. to cultivate; to foster
   • government description of Sports Day

     健(けん)康(こう)な心(しん)身(しん)を培(つちか)う

     kenkō na shinshin o tsuchikau

     to cultivate a healthy heart and mind

   • 2017, 三秋縋,

     残(のこ)された時(じ)間(かん)を使(つか)い、彼(かれ)らは自(じ)分(ぶん)の培(つちか)ってきた技(ぎ)術(じゅつ)を伝(でん)授(じゅ)しあう。

     Nokosareta jikan o tsukai, karera wa jibun no tsuchikattekita gijutsu o denjushiau.

     Using the time left, they taught each other the skills they had acquired.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "つちかう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	つちかわ	tsuchikawa
Continuative (連用形)	つちかい	tsuchikai
Terminal (終止形)	つちかう	tsuchikau
Attributive (連体形)	つちかう	tsuchikau
Hypothetical (仮定形)	つちかえ	tsuchikae
Imperative (命令形)	つちかえ	tsuchikae
Key constructions
Passive	つちかわれる	tsuchikawareru
Causative	つちかわせる つちかわす	tsuchikawaseru tsuchikawasu
Potential	つちかえる	tsuchikaeru
Volitional	つちかおう	tsuchikaō
Negative	つちかわない	tsuchikawanai
Negative continuative	つちかわず	tsuchikawazu
Formal	つちかいます	tsuchikaimasu
Perfective	つちかった	tsuchikatta
Conjunctive	つちかって	tsuchikatte
Hypothetical conditional	つちかえば	tsuchikaeba

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN