JLPT N4 vocabulary
合う: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
あう1Atamadaka · high start
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to fit, to match, to suit, to agree with, to be correct
- to come together, to merge, to unite, to meet
- to be profitable, to be equitable
- (auxiliary verb) (godan verb (u ending)) to do ... to each other, to do ... together (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 合う | 合 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 合 | 合 |
| Polite presentます形 | 合 | 合 |
| Polite pastました形 | 合 | 合 |
| Te-formて形 | 合 | 合 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 合 | 合 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 合 | 合 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 合 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 合 | 合 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 合 | 合う |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 合 | 合 |
| Passive受身形 | 合 | 合 |
| Make / let使役形 | 合 | 合 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 合 | 合 |
Example sentences
アランと私はしばらくの間お互いに見つめ合った。
Alan and I looked at one another for a while.