表層形
すお
スオ
動詞
すお (スオ)
Suo · すお — to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale; to suck, to sip, to slurp; to absorb, to soak up
Other ways to say “to smoke” in Japanese →
すお in rōmaji: suo.
動詞
一般
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📝 吸う 🔤 五段-ワア行 📐 意志推量形
Updated: 2026年8月14日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
すお
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
吸う
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| 読み (Reading) |
スオ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-ワア行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
意志推量形
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
すお
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| 読み・基本形 |
スー
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| 表記・基本形 |
すう
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| 見出し語の読み |
スウ
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💡 English Meaning
すお means “to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale; to suck, to sip, to slurp; to absorb, to soak up” — full definition & examples →
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スオ
Lemma: 吸う
動詞一般**
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
吸います
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| て形 (Te-form) |
吸って
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| 過去形 (Past) |
吸った
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
吸わない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
吸いましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
吸える
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
吸われる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
吸わせる
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Did you know · 動詞
動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (すお) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (吸う) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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