I Love Kanji整う (totonou)
整う (ととのう, totonou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be ready; to be prepared”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ととのう
- Romaji
- totonou
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged · godan verb, intransitive
- to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious · godan verb, intransitive
- to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face) · godan verb, intransitive
- to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
あなたの出発の準備がすべて整うよう取り計らいます。
I will see to it that everything is ready for your departure.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 整う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 整う | ととのう totonou |
| Polite (~masu) | 整います | ととのいます totonoimasu |
| Negative | 整わない | ととのわない totonowanai |
| Polite negative | 整いません | ととのいません totonoimasen |
| Past | 整った | ととのった totonotta |
| Polite past | 整いました | ととのいました totonoimashita |
| Negative past | 整わなかった | ととのわなかった totonowanakatta |
| Te-form | 整って | ととのって totonotte |
| Potential | 整える | ととのえる totonoeru |
| Passive | 整われる | ととのわれる totonowareru |
| Causative | 整わせる | ととのわせる totonowaseru |
| Volitional | 整おう | ととのおう totonoou |
| Imperative | 整え | ととのえ totonoe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 整えば | ととのえば totonoeba |
Kanji in 整う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 整う.
整理せいりsorting整数せいすうinteger整備せいびmaintenance調整ちょうせいadjustment整列せいれつstanding in a row整えるととのえるto put in order整然せいぜんorderly
Source: JMdict entry 1598800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.