伺う
うかがう · ukagau
To call on someone, to call at a place, to pay a visit, to wait on someone
- to ask, to inquire
- to hear, to be told
- to implore (a god for an oracle), to seek direction (from your superior)
Other ways to say “to call on someone” in Japanese →
flat · what is pitch accent?
Say it out loud
Press the microphone and say 伺う (うかがう)
Your browser’s speech recognition checks whether it understood you (in Chrome, Google processes the audio). Nihoner doesn’t record anything.
Do you really know it?
Learn its family in 60 seconds
6 words that share a kanji with 伺う. Tap each card — then save only the ones that are new to you.
Your memory hook
Link the sound or the kanji to something you already know — a personal hook is one of the fastest ways to make a word stick. It’s saved to your free account with the word.
Kanji in this word
Can you write it? Draw kanji from memory →
Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 伺いますうかがいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 伺いませんうかがいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 伺いましたうかがいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 伺いませんでしたうかがいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 伺いましょううかがいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 伺いうかがい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 伺いたいうかがいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 伺いながらうかがいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 伺ってうかがって |
| Plain past (た形) | 伺ったうかがった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 伺ったらうかがったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 伺っているうかがっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 伺わないうかがわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 伺わなかったうかがわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 伺わなくてうかがわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 伺えるうかがえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 伺えばうかがえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 伺えうかがえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 伺おううかがおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 伺われるうかがわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 伺わせるうかがわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 伺わされるうかがわされる |
Practise every form in the Conjugation Dojo →
Words that share a kanji
Questions
What does 伺う mean?
To call on someone, to call at a place, to pay a visit, to wait on someone. It can also mean: to ask, to inquire; to hear, to be told; to implore (a god for an oracle), to seek direction (from your superior).
How do you pronounce 伺う?
うかがう (ukagau). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 伺う?
JLPT N4 — upper beginner. See the JLPT N4 guide.
How do I remember 伺う?
Say it out loud with an example sentence, test yourself above, then save it to your deck: Nihoner brings it back just before you would forget it (spaced repetition).
Save your words
Create a free account and they will be waiting in your review deck — Nihoner brings each one back right before you would forget it.
Free · no card · your words are kept