鎧う
よろう · yorou (also spelled yoro)
To put on armour (armor), to wear armour, to arm oneself
- to wear, to cover
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 鎧いますよろいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 鎧いませんよろいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 鎧いましたよろいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 鎧いませんでしたよろいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 鎧いましょうよろいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 鎧いよろい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 鎧いたいよろいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 鎧いながらよろいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 鎧ってよろって |
| Plain past (た形) | 鎧ったよろった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 鎧ったらよろったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 鎧っているよろっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 鎧わないよろわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 鎧わなかったよろわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 鎧わなくてよろわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 鎧えるよろえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 鎧えばよろえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 鎧えよろえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 鎧おうよろおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 鎧われるよろわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 鎧わせるよろわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 鎧わされるよろわされる |
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Questions
What does 鎧う mean?
To put on armour (armor), to wear armour, to arm oneself. It can also mean: to wear, to cover.
How do you pronounce 鎧う?
よろう (yorou). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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