支う
かう · kau
To support, to prop up
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 支いますかいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 支いませんかいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 支いましたかいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 支いませんでしたかいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 支いましょうかいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 支いかい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 支いたいかいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 支いながらかいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 支ってかって |
| Plain past (た形) | 支ったかった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 支ったらかったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 支っているかっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 支わないかわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 支わなかったかわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 支わなくてかわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 支えるかえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 支えばかえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 支えかえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 支おうかおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 支われるかわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 支わせるかわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 支わされるかわされる |
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What does 支う mean?
To support, to prop up.
How do you pronounce 支う?
かう (kau). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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