硬う
かとう · katou
JLPT N2 i-adjective 連用形
硬う is the masu-stem of 硬い — hard, solid, tough.
- stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing)
- strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved)
How it’s built
硬い
硬う
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).
硬い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 硬い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 硬い
| Negative (ない形) | 硬くないかたくない |
| Past (た形) | 硬かったかたかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 硬くなかったかたくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 硬くてかたくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 硬くかたく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 硬いかたい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 硬ければかたければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 硬かったらかたかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 硬くなるかたくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 硬すぎるかたすぎる |
Drill every form in the Conjugation Dojo →
Other forms and spellings
硬きゃ硬けりゃ硬かろ硬かろう硬かろふ硬い硬え硬硬く硬かっ硬けれSave your words
Create a free account and they will be waiting in your review deck.
or with email
Free · no card · your words are kept