結う
ゆう · yuu (also spelled yu)
To do up (hair), to dress, to arrange
- to tie, to bind, to fasten, to make (a fence)
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| Polite (ます形) | 結いますゆいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 結いませんゆいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 結いましたゆいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 結いませんでしたゆいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 結いましょうゆいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 結いゆい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 結いたいゆいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 結いながらゆいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 結ってゆって |
| Plain past (た形) | 結ったゆった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 結ったらゆったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 結っているゆっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 結わないゆわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 結わなかったゆわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 結わなくてゆわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 結えるゆえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 結えばゆえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 結えゆえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 結おうゆおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 結われるゆわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 結わせるゆわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 結わされるゆわされる |
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What does 結う mean?
To do up (hair), to dress, to arrange. It can also mean: to tie, to bind, to fasten, to make (a fence).
How do you pronounce 結う?
ゆう (yuu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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