靭う
ずよう · zuyou
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
靭う is the masu-stem of 靭い — strong, potent, competent, domineering, tough.
- strong, brawny, powerful, healthy, rugged
- good (at), skilled, knowledgeable
How it’s built
靭い
靭う
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).
靭い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 靭い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 靭い
| Negative (ない形) | 靭くないずよくない |
| Past (た形) | 靭かったずよかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 靭くなかったずよくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 靭くてずよくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 靭くずよく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 靭いずよい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 靭ければずよければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 靭かったらずよかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 靭くなるずよくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 靭すぎるずよすぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
靭けれ靭きゃ靭けりゃ靭からう靭かろ靭かろう靭かろふ靭い靭え靭く靭かっSave your words
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