縫う
ぬう · nuu (also spelled nu)
To sew, to stitch
- to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 縫いますぬいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 縫いませんぬいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 縫いましたぬいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 縫いませんでしたぬいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 縫いましょうぬいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 縫いぬい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 縫いたいぬいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 縫いながらぬいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 縫ってぬって |
| Plain past (た形) | 縫ったぬった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 縫ったらぬったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 縫っているぬっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 縫わないぬわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 縫わなかったぬわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 縫わなくてぬわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 縫えるぬえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 縫えばぬえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 縫えぬえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 縫おうぬおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 縫われるぬわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 縫わせるぬわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 縫わされるぬわされる |
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What does 縫う mean?
To sew, to stitch. It can also mean: to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd).
How do you pronounce 縫う?
ぬう (nuu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 縫う?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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