適う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
適
かな
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かな​う [kànáꜜù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠na̠ɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

適(かな)う • (kanau) ←かなふ (kanafu)?godan (stem 適(かな)い (kanai), past 適(かな)った (kanatta))

Japanese verb pair
active 適える
mediopassive 適う
  1. to be suited, to meet with, to match
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典／新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局／大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      事実(じじつ)に適(かな)う
      jijitsu ni kanau
      Matches the truth

Conjugation
Conjugation of "適う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 適わ かなわ kanawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 適い かない kanai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 適う かなう kanau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 適う かなう kanau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 適え かなえ kanae
Meireikei ("imperative") 適え かなえ kanae
Key constructions
Passive 適われる かなわれる kanawareru
Causative 適わせる
適わす		 かなわせる
かなわす		 kanawaseru
kanawasu
Potential 適える かなえる kanaeru
Volitional 適おう かなおう kanaō
Negative 適わない かなわない kanawanai
Negative continuative 適わず かなわず kanawazu
Formal 適います かないます kanaimasu
Perfective 適った かなった kanatta
Conjunctive 適って かなって kanatte
Hypothetical conditional 適えば かなえば kanaeba
Classical conjugation of "適ふ" (ハ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 適はかなはkanafa
Continuative (連用形) 適ひかなひkanafi
Terminal (終止形) 適ふかなふkanafu
Attributive (連体形) 適ふかなふkanafu
Realis (已然形) 適へかなへkanafe
Imperative (命令形) 適へかなへkanafe
Key constructions
Negative 適はずかなはずkanafazu
Contrasting conjunction 適へどかなへどkanafedo
Causal conjunction 適へばかなへばkanafeba
Conditional conjunction 適はばかなはばkanafaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 適ひきかなひきkanafiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 適ひけりかなひけりkanafikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 適ひつかなひつkanafitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 適ひぬかなひぬkanafinu
Perfect-continuative tense 適へり
適ひたり		かなへり
かなひたり		kanaferi
kanafitari
Volitional 適はむかなはむkanafamu

Derived terms
  • 眼鏡(めがね)に適(かな)う (megane ni kanau)

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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