JLPT N4 vocabulary
払う: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
はらう2Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to pay (e.g. money, bill)
- to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches)
- to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
- to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of
- to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern)
- to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert
- to move out (of one's own place), to vacate
- to sweep (e.g. one's legs), to knock aside
- to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
- to reset (an abacus)
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 払う | 払 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 払 | 払 |
| Polite presentます形 | 払 | 払 |
| Polite pastました形 | 払 | 払 |
| Te-formて形 | 払 | 払 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 払 | 払 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 払 | 払 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 払 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 払 | 払 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 払 | 払う |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 払 | 払 |
| Passive受身形 | 払 | 払 |
| Make / let使役形 | 払 | 払 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 払 | 払 |