畏う
かしこう · kashikoi
JLPT N2 i-adjective 連用形
畏う is the masu-stem of 畏い — wise, clever, smart.
- well-behaved (esp. children and pets), obedient, good
How it’s built
畏い
畏う
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).
畏い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 畏い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 畏い
| Negative (ない形) | 畏くないかしこくない |
| Past (た形) | 畏かったかしこかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 畏くなかったかしこくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 畏くてかしこくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 畏くかしこく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 畏いかしこい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 畏ければかしこければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 畏かったらかしこかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 畏くなるかしこくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 畏すぎるかしこすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
畏けれ畏きゃ畏けりゃ畏かろ畏かろう畏かろふ畏い畏え畏畏く畏かっSave your words
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