よわ
yowa
JLPT N2 verb 未然形
よわ is the negative stem of よう — to get drunk, to become intoxicated.
- to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated
- to be elated, to be exalted, to be spellbound, to be in raptures
How it’s built
よう
よわ
Negative stem (未然形). Never used alone — it is the base for ない (not), れる/られる (passive), せる/させる (causative): 書か → 書かない.
よう is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of よう. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of よう
| Polite (ます形) | よいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | よいません |
| Polite past (ました) | よいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | よいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | よいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | よい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | よいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | よいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | よって |
| Plain past (た形) | よった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | よったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | よっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | よわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | よわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | よわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | よえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | よえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | よえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | よおう |
| Passive (受身形) | よわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | よわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | よわされる |
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