あしらう

Japanese

Alternative spellings
遇う
配う

Etymology

Shift from あえしらう (aeshirau)[1] or its variant form あいしらう (aishirau).[2]

Verb

あしらう • (ashirauあしらふ (asirafu)?transitive godan (stem あしらい (ashirai), past あしらった (ashiratta))

  1. treat, deal with

Conjugation

Conjugation of "あしらう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") あしらわ ashirawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") あしらい ashirai
Shūshikei ("terminal") あしらう ashirau
Rentaikei ("attributive") あしらう ashirau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") あしらえ ashirae
Meireikei ("imperative") あしらえ ashirae
Key constructions
Passive あしらわれる ashirawareru
Causative あしらわせる
あしらわす
ashirawaseru
ashirawasu
Potential あしらえる ashiraeru
Volitional あしらおう ashiraō
Negative あしらわない ashirawanai
Negative continuative あしらわず ashirawazu
Formal あしらいます ashiraimasu
Perfective あしらった ashiratta
Conjunctive あしらって ashiratte
Hypothetical conditional あしらえば ashiraeba

References

  1. ^ あしらう”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ あしらう”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months