JLPT N3 · Verb

付合う (tsukiau)

付合う (つきあう, tsukiau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to associate with; to keep company with”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
つきあう
Romaji
tsukiau
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with · godan verb, intransitive
  2. to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

佐知子さんと付き合っているの?
Are you going out with Sachiko?
一杯付き合いませんか。
Would you join me in a drink?

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

Conjugation of 付合う

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary付合うつきあう tsukiau
Polite (~masu)付合いますつきあいます tsukiaimasu
Negative付合わないつきあわない tsukiawanai
Polite negative付合いませんつきあいません tsukiaimasen
Past付合ったつきあった tsukiatta
Polite past付合いましたつきあいました tsukiaimashita
Negative past付合わなかったつきあわなかった tsukiawanakatta
Te-form付合ってつきあって tsukiatte
Potential付合えるつきあえる tsukiaeru
Passive付合われるつきあわれる tsukiawareru
Causative付合わせるつきあわせる tsukiawaseru
Volitional付合おうつきあおう tsukiaou
Imperative付合えつきあえ tsukiae
Conditional (~ba)付合えばつきあえば tsukiaeba

Kanji in 付合う

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 付合う.

Source: JMdict entry 1597790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.