纏う
まとう · matou (also spelled mato)
To put on, to wear, to be clothed in, to be clad in, to be dressed in, to be wrapped in
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 纏いますまといます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 纏いませんまといません |
| Polite past (ました) | 纏いましたまといました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 纏いませんでしたまといませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 纏いましょうまといましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 纏いまとい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 纏いたいまといたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 纏いながらまといながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 纏ってまとって |
| Plain past (た形) | 纏ったまとった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 纏ったらまとったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 纏っているまとっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 纏わないまとわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 纏わなかったまとわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 纏わなくてまとわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 纏えるまとえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 纏えばまとえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 纏えまとえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 纏おうまとおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 纏われるまとわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 纏わせるまとわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 纏わされるまとわされる |
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What does 纏う mean?
To put on, to wear, to be clothed in, to be clad in, to be dressed in, to be wrapped in.
How do you pronounce 纏う?
まとう (matou). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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