請う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
請
こ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

乞 (こ)う (kou)

Verb

請う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana こう, rōmaji kou, historical hiragana こふ)

to ask, beg, request, entreat, appeal, solicit

Conjugation

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

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	こわ	kowa
Continuative (連用形)	こい	koi
Terminal (終止形)	こう	kou
Attributive (連体形)	こう	kou
Hypothetical (仮定形)	こえ	koe
Imperative (命令形)	こえ	koe
Key constructions
Passive	こわれる	kowareru
Causative	こわせるこわす	kowaseru kowasu
Potential	こえる	koeru
Volitional	こおう	koō
Negative	こわない	kowanai
Negative continuative	こわず	kowazu
Formal	こいます	koimasu
Perfective	こうた	kouta
Conjunctive	こうて	koute
Hypothetical conditional	こえば	koeba

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