囲う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
囲
Grade: 4

Verb

囲う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana かこう, rōmaji kakou)

to enclose or surround as if with a wall, cutting off from outside influences

Conjugation

Conjugation of "囲う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	囲わ	かこわ	kakowa
Continuative (連用形)	囲い	かこい	kakoi
Terminal (終止形)	囲う	かこう	kakou
Attributive (連体形)	囲う	かこう	kakou
Hypothetical (仮定形)	囲え	かこえ	kakoe
Imperative (命令形)	囲え	かこえ	kakoe
Key constructions
Passive	囲われる	かこわれる	kakowareru
Causative	囲わせる囲わす	かこわせるかこわす	kakowaseru kakowasu
Potential	囲える	かこえる	kakoeru
Volitional	囲おう	かこおう	kakoō
Negative	囲わない	かこわない	kakowanai
Negative continuative	囲わず	かこわず	kakowazu
Formal	囲います	かこいます	kakoimasu
Perfective	囲った	かこった	kakotta
Conjunctive	囲って	かこって	kakotte
Hypothetical conditional	囲えば	かこえば	kakoeba

See also

囲む: to surround or encircle

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