倣う
ならう · narau
To imitate, to follow, to copy, to emulate
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 倣いますならいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 倣いませんならいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 倣いましたならいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 倣いませんでしたならいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 倣いましょうならいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 倣いならい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 倣いたいならいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 倣いながらならいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 倣ってならって |
| Plain past (た形) | 倣ったならった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 倣ったらならったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 倣っているならっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 倣わないならわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 倣わなかったならわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 倣わなくてならわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 倣えるならえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 倣えばならえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 倣えならえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 倣おうならおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 倣われるならわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 倣わせるならわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 倣わされるならわされる |
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What does 倣う mean?
To imitate, to follow, to copy, to emulate.
How do you pronounce 倣う?
ならう (narau). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 倣う?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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