会う
Japanese
editSee also: 合う
Etymology
editKanji in this term |
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会 |
あ Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spellings |
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會う (kyūjitai) 逢う 遭う 遇う (rare) |
Uncertain. Inherited from Old Japanese. Theories of earliest origin include:[1]
- Imitative of the upper and lower lips meeting
- Shortened from 二肖経 (フタアエフ futa aefu, two go-together)
- Shortened from アアフツ (aa futsu), the latter portion a variant of 二つ (futatsu, “two”)
- Either 間 (ai, “relation”) → 逢 (afu, “meeting”) → 会 (au) or 逢 (afu) → 間 (ai) → 会 (au)
Various forms of あう (合, 会, 逢, 遭; “join; be together; meet”) are attested from the Middle Ages (c. 1185-1573).[1] Compare 合う (au).
Pronunciation
edit- Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "会う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary | |||
Stem forms | |||
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Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) |
会う | あう | [áꜜù] |
Imperative (命令形) | 会え | あえ | [áꜜè] |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 会われる | あわれる | [àwáréꜜrù] |
Causative | 会わせる | あわせる | [àwáséꜜrù] |
Potential | 会える | あえる | [àéꜜrù] |
Volitional | 会おう | あおー | [àóꜜò] |
Negative | 会わない | あわない | [àwáꜜnàì] |
Negative perfective | 会わなかった | あわなかった | [àwáꜜnàkàttà] |
Formal | 会います | あいます | [àímáꜜsù] |
Perfective | 会った | あった | [áꜜttà] |
Conjunctive | 会って | あって | [áꜜttè] |
Hypothetical conditional | 会えば | あえば | [áꜜèbà] |
Verb
edit会う • (au) ←あふ (afu)?intransitive godan (stem 会い (ai), past 会った (atta))
- to meet with, see, meet again or for the first time
- 会いたい ― aitai ― I miss you (literally, “I want to meet up [with you again]”)
- 会いたかったんだ ― aitakatta n da ― I wanted to see [you again]; I'd missed you
- 友達に会えなくなる
- tomodachi ni aenakunaru
- to become unable to see one's friends
- 1923, 夢野久作, 約束:
- 2016, Makoto Shinkai, director, 君の名は。 [Your Name.], spoken by Taki Tachibana (Mone Kamishiraishi), Toho:
- 三年前…お前はあの時 俺に…会いに来たんだ!
- San-nen mae… o-mae wa ano toki ore ni… ai ni kita nda!
- Three years ago… I remember now… you came to see me!
- 三年前…お前はあの時 俺に…会いに来たんだ!
- to come across, meet by accident, bump into
- Synonym: 出会う (deau)
- to gather, to come together
- to receive guests etc.
Conjugation
editConjugation of "会う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 会わ | あわ | awa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 会い | あい | ai |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 会う | あう | au |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 会う | あう | au |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 会え | あえ | ae |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 会え | あえ | ae |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 会われる | あわれる | awareru |
Causative | 会わせる 会わす |
あわせる あわす |
awaseru awasu |
Potential | 会える | あえる | aeru |
Volitional | 会おう | あおう | aō |
Negative | 会わない | あわない | awanai |
Negative continuative | 会わず | あわず | awazu |
Formal | 会います | あいます | aimasu |
Perfective | 会った | あった | atta |
Conjunctive | 会って | あって | atte |
Hypothetical conditional | 会えば | あえば | aeba |
Stem forms | |||
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Irrealis (未然形) | 会は | あは | afa |
Continuative (連用形) | 会ひ | あひ | afi |
Terminal (終止形) | 会ふ | あふ | afu |
Attributive (連体形) | 会ふ | あふ | afu |
Realis (已然形) | 会へ | あへ | afe |
Imperative (命令形) | 会へ | あへ | afe |
Key constructions | |||
Negative | 会はず | あはず | afazu |
Contrasting conjunction | 会へど | あへど | afedo |
Causal conjunction | 会へば | あへば | afeba |
Conditional conjunction | 会はば | あはば | afaba |
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 会ひき | あひき | afiki |
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 会ひけり | あひけり | afikeri |
Perfect tense (conscious action) | 会ひつ | あひつ | afitu |
Perfect tense (natural event) | 会ひぬ | あひぬ | afinu |
Perfect-continuative tense | 会へり 会ひたり |
あへり あひたり |
aferi afitari |
Volitional | 会はむ | あはむ | afamu |
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “あ・う[あふ] 【合・会・逢・遭】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Nakai, Yukihiko, editor (2002), 京阪系アクセント辞典 [A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN
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