Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 這う in Japanese
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這う, 匍う, 延う, 爬うJLPT 2
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Kana Readingはう
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Romajihau
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to creep; to crawl
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Examples of 這う, 匍う, 延う, 爬う, はう in a sentence
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Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!
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He crept on all fours like a cat.
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They crept forward.
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Their baby has just started to crawl.
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He felt something crawl up his leg.
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He used all his strength to crawl out of the wrecked car.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 這う
- Plain Polite
- 這います
- Negative
- 這わない
- Negative Polite
- 這いません
Past
- Plain
- 這った
- Plain Polite
- 這いました
- Negative
- 這わなかった
- Negative Polite
- 這いませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 這って
- Plain Polite
- 這いまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 這われる
- Plain Polite
- 這われます
- Negative
- 這われない
- Negative Polite
- 這われません
Related Kanji
這
10 strokes
crawl, creep, grovel, trail (vines)
On'Yomi: シャ, ゲン
Kun'Yomi: は.う, は.い, むか.える, この