合う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
合
あ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *apu.

Pronunciation
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "合う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)		 合う あ​う [áꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 合え あ​え [áꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 合われる あわれ​る [àwáréꜜrù]
Causative 合わせる あわせ​る [àwáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 合おう あお​ー [àóꜜò]
Negative 合わない あわ​ない [àwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 合わなかった あわ​なかった [àwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 合います あいま​す [àímáꜜsù]
Perfective 合った あ​った [áꜜttà]
Conjunctive 合って あ​って [áꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 合えば あ​えば [áꜜèbà]

Verb

合(あ)う • (au) ←あふ (afu)?intransitive godan (stem 合(あ)い (ai), past 合(あ)った (atta))

  1. to match; to fit; to agree
    イメージに合(あ)わない
    imēji ni awanai
    does not match with one's personal image
    中(ちゅう)華(か)料(りょう)理(り)に合(あ)うデザート
    chūka ryōri ni au dezāto
    dessert that pairs with Chinese food
    人(ひと)と話(はなし)が合(あ)う
    hito to hanashi ga au
    to be on the same wavelength with someone
    (literally, “the conversation with someone corresponds”)
    靴(くつ)のサイズが合(あ)わない
    kutsu no saizu ga awanai
    shoes are the wrong size
  2. to be proper
    合(あ)ってる
    atteru
    That's correct.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "合う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 合わ あわ awa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 合い あい ai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 合う あう au
Rentaikei ("attributive") 合う あう au
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 合え あえ ae
Meireikei ("imperative") 合え あえ ae
Key constructions
Passive 合われる あわれる awareru
Causative 合わせる
合わす		 あわせる
あわす		 awaseru
awasu
Potential 合える あえる aeru
Volitional 合おう あおう aō
Negative 合わない あわない awanai
Negative continuative 合わず あわず awazu
Formal 合います あいます aimasu
Perfective 合った あった atta
Conjunctive 合って あって atte
Hypothetical conditional 合えば あえば aeba
Classical conjugation of "合ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 合はあはafa
Continuative (連用形) 合ひあひafi
Terminal (終止形) 合ふあふafu
Attributive (連体形) 合ふあふafu
Realis (已然形) 合へあへafe
Imperative (命令形) 合へあへafe
Key constructions
Negative 合はずあはずafazu
Contrasting conjunction 合へどあへどafedo
Causal conjunction 合へばあへばafeba
Conditional conjunction 合はばあはばafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 合ひきあひきafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 合ひけりあひけりafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 合ひつあひつafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 合ひぬあひぬafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 合へり
合ひたり		あへり
あひたり		aferi
afitari
Volitional 合はむあはむafamu

Synonyms

See also

Suffix

合(あ)う • (-au) ←あふ (afu)?godan (stem 合(あ)い (-ai), past 合(あ)った (-atta))

  1. (suffix) together; with each other
    誓(ちか)い合(あ)う
    chikaiau
    to promise to each other
    見(み)つめあう
    mitsumeau
    to stare into each other's eyes
    通(つう)じ合(あ)う
    tsūjiau
    to be reciprocally understood

References
  1. “合・会・逢・遭”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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