担う
になう · ninau
To carry on one's shoulder, to shoulder, to bear
- to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.), to take upon oneself
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 担いますにないます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 担いませんにないません |
| Polite past (ました) | 担いましたにないました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 担いませんでしたにないませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 担いましょうにないましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 担いにない |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 担いたいにないたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 担いながらにないながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 担ってになって |
| Plain past (た形) | 担ったになった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 担ったらになったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 担っているになっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 担わないになわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 担わなかったになわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 担わなくてになわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 担えるになえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 担えばになえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 担えになえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 担おうになおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 担われるになわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 担わせるになわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 担わされるになわされる |
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What does 担う mean?
To carry on one's shoulder, to shoulder, to bear. It can also mean: to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.), to take upon oneself.
How do you pronounce 担う?
になう (ninau). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 担う?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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