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おう
verb (godan)
to bear, to owe, to sustain
See also: () (to chase (追))
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()()わない
Present polite()います()いません
Past()った()わなかった
Past polite()いました()いませんでした
て form()って()わなくて
ている present()っている()っていない
ている polite()っています()っていません
ている past()っていた()っていなかった
ている past polite()っていました()っていませんでした
Conditional ば()えば()わなければ
Conditional たら()ったら()わなかったら
Volitional()おう
Volitional polite()いましょう
Potential()える()えない
Passive()われる()われない
Causative()わせる()わせない
Imperative()()うな
1. to bear, to carry on one's back
To carry something on the back.
To carry luggage on one's back.
()()って(ある)
To walk carrying a child on one's back.
To live carrying a heavy burden.
2. to bear (responsibility), to owe
To have responsibility or debt.
To bear responsibility.
借金(しゃっきん)()っている。
I'm in debt.
The company incurred a large loss.
3. to sustain (injury)
To receive an injury.
怪我(けが)()った。
I sustained an injury.
I sustained serious injuries in the accident.
Many soldiers were wounded in the war.

()う is a godan verb meaning to bear, owe, or sustain (injury).

TRANSITIVITY:

  • Type: 他動詞(たどうし) (transitive)
  • Takes を particle for the thing being borne

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 責任(せきにん)()う: to bear responsibility
  • 怪我(けが)()う: to sustain an injury
  • 借金(しゃっきん)()う: to be in debt
  • 重荷(おもに)()う: to bear a burden

HOMOPHONES:

  • ()う: to bear, owe (() = lose/bear)
  • ()う: to chase, pursue ((つい) = chase)
  • ()う: to cover ((ふく) = cover)

ASPECT (ている):

  • ()っている: bears / is responsible for / has sustained (resultative state)
  • Note: ()う is a punctual verb describing the moment of taking something on. The ている form describes the current state of bearing that thing — 責任(せきにん)()っている means "bears/holds responsibility" (a current state), and (きず)()っている means "has a wound" (not "is being wounded").