恋う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
恋
こ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
戀う (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

恋(こ)う • (kou) ←こふ (kofu)?godan (stem 恋(こ)い (koi), past 恋(こ)った (kotta))

  1. (literary) to miss; to love; to have a deep affection for
    母(はは)を恋(こ)う
    haha o kou
    to miss one's mother
    故郷(ふるさと)を恋(こ)う
    furusato o kou
    to miss one's hometown

Conjugation
Conjugation of "恋う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 恋わ こわ kowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 恋い こい koi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 恋う こう kou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 恋う こう kou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 恋え こえ koe
Meireikei ("imperative") 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 恋うた こうた kouta
Conjunctive 恋うて こうて koute
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
Volitional 恋はむこはむkofamu
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
Volitional 恋ひむこひむkofimu

Derived terms

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