あたう

Japanese

Alternative spelling
能う

Pronunciation

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Verb

あたう • (atauCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#あたうCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#あたう) ←あたふ (atafu)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#あたう?godan (stem あたい (atai)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#あたうCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#あたうCategory:Japanese links with manual fragments#あたう, past あたった (atatta)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#あたうCategory:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#あたうCategory:Japanese links with manual fragments#あたう)Category:Japanese lemmas#あたうCategory:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#あたうCategory:Japanese verbs#あたうCategory:Japanese verbs without transitivity#あたうCategory:Japanese godan verbs#あたうCategory:Japanese godan verbs ending with -u#あたうCategory:Japanese hiragana#あたうCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#あたうCategory:Pages with entries#あたうCategory:Pages with 1 entry#あたう

  1. be able to (do); can (do)
    能(あた)う限(かぎ)り
    atau kagiri
    to the extent that one can [do something]; to the extent possible
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Conjugation

Conjugation of "あたう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") あたわ atawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") あたい atai
Shūshikei ("terminal") あたう atau
Rentaikei ("attributive") あたう atau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") あたえ atae
Meireikei ("imperative") あたえ atae
Key constructions
Passive あたわれる atawareru
Causative あたわせる
あたわす		 atawaseru
atawasu
Potential あたえる ataeru
Volitional あたおう ataō
Negative あたわない atawanai
Negative continuative あたわず atawazu
Formal あたいます ataimasu
Perfective あたった atatta
Conjunctive あたって atatte
Hypothetical conditional あたえば ataeba
Classical conjugation of "あたふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) あたはatafa
Continuative (連用形) あたひatafi
Terminal (終止形) あたふatafu
Attributive (連体形) あたふatafu
Realis (已然形) あたへatafe
Imperative (命令形) あたへatafe
Key constructions
Negative あたはずatafazu
Contrasting conjunction あたへどatafedo
Causal conjunction あたへばatafeba
Conditional conjunction あたはばatafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) あたひきatafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) あたひけりatafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) あたひつatafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) あたひぬatafinu
Perfect-continuative tense あたへり
あたひたり		ataferi
atafitari
Volitional あたはむatafamu

Synonyms

References

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