恋う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 恋 |
| こ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) こう [kóꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [ko̞ɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
恋う (godan conjugation, hiragana こう, rōmaji kou, historical hiragana こふ)
- (literary) to miss; to love; to have a deep affection for
- 母を恋う
- haha o kou
- to miss one's mother
- 故郷を恋う
- furusato o kou
- to miss one's hometown
- 母を恋う
Conjugation
Conjugation of "恋う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 恋わ | こわ | kowa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 恋い | こい | koi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 恋う | こう | kou |
| Attributive (連体形) | 恋う | こう | kou |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 恋え | こえ | koe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 恋え | こえ | koe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 恋われる | こわれる | kowareru |
| Causative | 恋わせる 恋わす | こわせる こわす | kowaseru kowasu |
| Potential | 恋える | こえる | koeru |
| Volitional | 恋おう | こおう | koō |
| Negative | 恋わない | こわない | kowanai |
| Negative continuative | 恋わず | こわず | kowazu |
| Formal | 恋います | こいます | koimasu |
| Perfective | 恋った | こった | kotta |
| Conjunctive | 恋って | こって | kotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 恋えば | こえば | koeba |
Classical conjugation of "恋ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 恋は | こは | kofa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 恋ひ | こひ | kofi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 恋ふ | こふ | kofu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 恋ふ | こふ | kofu |
| Realis (已然形) | 恋へ | こへ | kofe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 恋へ | こへ | kofe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 恋はず | こはず | kofazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 恋へど | こへど | kofedo |
| Causal conjunction | 恋へば | こへば | kofeba |
| Conditional conjunction | 恋はば | こはば | kofaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 恋ひき | こひき | kofiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 恋ひけり | こひけり | kofikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 恋ひつ | こひつ | kofitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 恋ひぬ | こひぬ | kofinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 恋へり 恋ひたり | こへり こひたり | koferi kofitari |
Classical conjugation of "恋ふ" (ハ行上二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrealis (未然形) | 恋ひ | こひ | kofi |
| Continuative (連用形) | 恋ひ | こひ | kofi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 恋ふ | こふ | kofu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 恋ふる | こふる | kofuru |
| Realis (已然形) | 恋ふれ | こふれ | kofure |
| Imperative (命令形) | 恋ひよ | こひよ | kofiyo |
| Key constructions | |||
| Negative | 恋ひず | こひず | kofizu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 恋ふれど | こふれど | kofuredo |
| Causal conjunction | 恋ふれば | こふれば | kofureba |
| Conditional conjunction | 恋ひば | こひば | kofiba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 恋ひき | こひき | kofiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 恋ひけり | こひけり | kofikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 恋ひつ | こひつ | kofitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 恋ひぬ | こひぬ | kofinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 恋ひたり | こひたり | kofitari |
Derived terms
- 恋 (koi)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN