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

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))

  1. 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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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