沿う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 沿 |
| そ Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi |
Etymology
From Old Japanese. Used in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
沿う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana そう, rōmaji sou)
- to run along (a river, railway, road, etc.), to line (the shore etc.)
- to follow (rules, guidelines, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "沿う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 沿わ | そわ | sowa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 沿い | そい | soi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 沿う | そう | sou |
| Attributive (連体形) | 沿う | そう | sou |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 沿え | そえ | soe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 沿え | そえ | soe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 沿われる | そわれる | sowareru |
| Causative | 沿わせる 沿わす |
そわせる そわす |
sowaseru sowasu |
| Potential | 沿える | そえる | soeru |
| Volitional | 沿おう | そおう | soō |
| Negative | 沿わない | そわない | sowanai |
| Negative continuative | 沿わず | そわず | sowazu |
| Formal | 沿います | そいます | soimasu |
| Perfective | 沿った | そった | sotta |
| Conjunctive | 沿って | そって | sotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 沿えば | そえば | soeba |
Usage notes
Often used in a kind of adverbial phrase construction, ...に沿って... (... ni sotte ...), with a general meaning of along, in keeping with, along the lines of, in parallel with.
- 自分の期待に沿って生活する
- jibun no kitai ni sotte seikatsu suru
- to live in keeping with one's own expectations
References
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