整う
ととのう · totonou (also spelled totono)
To be ready, to be prepared, to be arranged
- to be in order, to be put in order, to be well-ordered, to be well-proportioned, to be harmonious
- to be adjusted, to be regulated, to be refined (e.g. of a face)
- to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract), to be completed
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 整いますととのいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 整いませんととのいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 整いましたととのいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 整いませんでしたととのいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 整いましょうととのいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 整いととのい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 整いたいととのいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 整いながらととのいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 整ってととのって |
| Plain past (た形) | 整ったととのった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 整ったらととのったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 整っているととのっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 整わないととのわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 整わなかったととのわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 整わなくてととのわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 整えるととのえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 整えばととのえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 整えととのえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 整おうととのおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 整われるととのわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 整わせるととのわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 整わされるととのわされる |
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What does 整う mean?
To be ready, to be prepared, to be arranged. It can also mean: to be in order, to be put in order, to be well-ordered, to be well-proportioned, to be harmonious; to be adjusted, to be regulated, to be refined (e.g. of a face); to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract), to be completed.
How do you pronounce 整う?
ととのう (totonou). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 整う?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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