交う
かう · kau
To pass each other, to brush past each other, to mingle together
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 交いますかいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 交いませんかいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 交いましたかいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 交いませんでしたかいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 交いましょうかいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 交いかい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 交いたいかいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 交いながらかいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 交ってかって |
| Plain past (た形) | 交ったかった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 交ったらかったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 交っているかっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 交わないかわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 交わなかったかわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 交わなくてかわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 交えるかえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 交えばかえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 交えかえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 交おうかおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 交われるかわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 交わせるかわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 交わされるかわされる |
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What does 交う mean?
To pass each other, to brush past each other, to mingle together.
How do you pronounce 交う?
かう (kau). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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