救う

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
すく
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Cognate with Japanese 掬う.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くう [sùkúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝː]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "救う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
救う くう [sùkúú]
Imperative (命令形) 救え くえ [sùkúé]
Key constructions
Passive 救われる くわれる [sùkúwárérú]
Causative 救わせる くわせる [sùkúwásérú]
Potential 救える くえる [sùkúérú]
Volitional 救おう くお [sùkúóꜜò]
Negative 救わない くわない [sùkúwánáí]
Negative perfective 救わなかった くわなかった [sùkúwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 救います くいま [sùkúímáꜜsù]
Perfective 救った くった [sùkúttá]
Conjunctive 救って くって [sùkútté]
Hypothetical conditional 救えば くえ [sùkúéꜜbà]

Verb

(すく) • (sukuu) transitive godan (stem (すく) (sukui), past (すく)った (sukutta))

  1. save, rescue, relieve
    この(いぬ)(やま)遭難者(そうなんしゃ)(すく)ように訓練(くんれん)されている。
    Kono inu wa yama no sōnansha o sukuu yō ni kunren sarete iru.
    This dog is trained to rescue climbers who have met with accidents.
  2. get someone back on the right track
    (すく)(がた)無情者(むじょうもの)
    sukui-gatai mujōmono
    an incurable slob

Conjugation

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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