JLPT N4 · Verb

うかがう (ukagau)

うかがう is a Japanese verb meaning “to call on someone; to call at a place”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
うかがう
Romaji
ukagau
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to call on someone; to call at a place; to pay a visit; to wait on someone · godan verb, transitive · humble
  2. to ask; to inquire · godan verb, transitive · humble
  3. to hear; to be told · godan verb, transitive · humble
  4. to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior) · godan verb, transitive
  5. to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive · from 御機嫌を伺う

Example sentences

病気のため本日はうかがうことができませんでした。
On account of illness, I couldn't call on you today.
体重をおうかがいしてもよろしいですか。
May I ask you what your weight is?
ワイルダー氏よりあなたのメールアドレスを伺いました。
Mr Wilder gave me your e-mail address.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of うかがう

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionaryうかがううかがう ukagau
Polite (~masu)うかがいますうかがいます ukagaimasu
Negativeうかがわないうかがわない ukagawanai
Polite negativeうかがいませんうかがいません ukagaimasen
Pastうかがったうかがった ukagatta
Polite pastうかがいましたうかがいました ukagaimashita
Negative pastうかがわなかったうかがわなかった ukagawanakatta
Te-formうかがってうかがって ukagatte
Potentialうかがえるうかがえる ukagaeru
Passiveうかがわれるうかがわれる ukagawareru
Causativeうかがわせるうかがわせる ukagawaseru
Volitionalうかがおううかがおう ukagaou
Imperativeうかがえうかがえ ukagae
Conditional (~ba)うかがえばうかがえば ukagaeba

Source: JMdict entry 1305700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.