労う
ねぎらう · negirau
To show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status), to thank for, to reward for
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 労いますねぎらいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 労いませんねぎらいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 労いましたねぎらいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 労いませんでしたねぎらいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 労いましょうねぎらいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 労いねぎらい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 労いたいねぎらいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 労いながらねぎらいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 労ってねぎらって |
| Plain past (た形) | 労ったねぎらった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 労ったらねぎらったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 労っているねぎらっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 労わないねぎらわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 労わなかったねぎらわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 労わなくてねぎらわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 労えるねぎらえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 労えばねぎらえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 労えねぎらえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 労おうねぎらおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 労われるねぎらわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 労わせるねぎらわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 労わされるねぎらわされる |
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What does 労う mean?
To show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status), to thank for, to reward for.
How do you pronounce 労う?
ねぎらう (negirau). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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