付き添う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
付	添
つ Grade: 4	そ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
付添う (less common)

Etymology

From 付き (tsuki, “taking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 付く (tsuku, “attend on, go with”)) +‎ 添う (sou, “accompany, go along with”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) つきそう [tsùkísóꜜù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) つきそう [tsùkísóú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥kʲiso̞ɯ̟]

Verb

付(つ)き添(そ)う • (tsukisou) intransitive godan (stem 付(つ)き添(そ)い (tsukisoi), past 付(つ)き添(そ)った (tsukisotta))

accompany, attend on, escort

Conjugation

Conjugation of "付き添う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	付き添わ	つきそわ	tsukisowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	付き添い	つきそい	tsukisoi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	付き添う	つきそう	tsukisou
Rentaikei ("attributive")	付き添う	つきそう	tsukisou
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	付き添え	つきそえ	tsukisoe
Meireikei ("imperative")	付き添え	つきそえ	tsukisoe
Key constructions
Passive	付き添われる	つきそわれる	tsukisowareru
Causative	付き添わせる付き添わす	つきそわせるつきそわす	tsukisowaseru tsukisowasu
Potential	付き添える	つきそえる	tsukisoeru
Volitional	付き添おう	つきそおう	tsukisoō
Negative	付き添わない	つきそわない	tsukisowanai
Negative continuative	付き添わず	つきそわず	tsukisowazu
Formal	付き添います	つきそいます	tsukisoimasu
Perfective	付き添った	つきそった	tsukisotta
Conjunctive	付き添って	つきそって	tsukisotte
Hypothetical conditional	付き添えば	つきそえば	tsukisoeba

Derived terms

付(つ)き添(そ)い (tsukisoi): attendance on, attendant, escort
上(うえ)付(つ)き添(そ)え字(じ) (uetsuki soeji): superscript

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“付き添う”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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