晏う
おそう · osoi
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
晏う is the masu-stem of 晏い — slow, time-consuming, sluggish.
- late (in the day), towards the end (of the day or night), until a time far into the day or night
- later (than expected or usual), late, behind schedule, behind time, tardy, overdue, unpunctual
How it’s built
晏い
晏う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
晏い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 晏い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 晏い
| Negative (ない形) | 晏くないおそくない |
| Past (た形) | 晏かったおそかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 晏くなかったおそくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 晏くておそくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 晏くおそく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 晏いおそい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 晏ければおそければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 晏かったらおそかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 晏くなるおそくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 晏すぎるおそすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
晏けれ晏きゃ晏けりゃ晏かろ晏かろう晏かろふ晏い晏え晏く晏かっSave your words
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