囲う
かこう · kakou (also spelled kako)
To enclose, to surround, to encircle, to fence, to wall in
- to shelter (e.g. a criminal), to shield, to hide, to protect
- to keep (e.g. a mistress)
- to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.), to preserve
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 囲いますかこいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 囲いませんかこいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 囲いましたかこいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 囲いませんでしたかこいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 囲いましょうかこいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 囲いかこい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 囲いたいかこいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 囲いながらかこいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 囲ってかこって |
| Plain past (た形) | 囲ったかこった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 囲ったらかこったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 囲っているかこっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 囲わないかこわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 囲わなかったかこわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 囲わなくてかこわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 囲えるかこえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 囲えばかこえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 囲えかこえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 囲おうかこおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 囲われるかこわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 囲わせるかこわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 囲わされるかこわされる |
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What does 囲う mean?
To enclose, to surround, to encircle, to fence, to wall in. It can also mean: to shelter (e.g. a criminal), to shield, to hide, to protect; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.), to preserve.
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かこう (kakou). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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