猛う
つよう · tsuyoi
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
猛う is the masu-stem of 猛い — strong, potent, competent, domineering, tough.
- strong, brawny, powerful, healthy, rugged
- good (at), skilled, knowledgeable
How it’s built
猛い
猛う
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).
猛い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 猛い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 猛い
| Negative (ない形) | 猛くないつよくない |
| Past (た形) | 猛かったつよかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 猛くなかったつよくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 猛くてつよくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 猛くつよく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 猛いつよい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 猛ければつよければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 猛かったらつよかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 猛くなるつよくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 猛すぎるつよすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
猛けれ猛きゃ猛けりゃ猛からう猛かろ猛かろう猛かろふ猛い猛え猛く猛かっSave your words
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