I Love Kanji縫う (nuu)
縫う (ぬう, nuu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to sew; to stitch”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ぬう
- Romaji
- nuu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to sew; to stitch · godan verb, transitive
- to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 縫う
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 | 縫う | ぬう nuu |
| Polite (~masu) | 縫います | ぬいます nuimasu |
| Negative | 縫わない | ぬわない nuwanai |
| Polite negative | 縫いません | ぬいません nuimasen |
| Past | 縫った | ぬった nutta |
| Polite past | 縫いました | ぬいました nuimashita |
| Negative past | 縫わなかった | ぬわなかった nuwanakatta |
| Te-form | 縫って | ぬって nutte |
| Potential | 縫える | ぬえる nueru |
| Passive | 縫われる | ぬわれる nuwareru |
| Causative | 縫わせる | ぬわせる nuwaseru |
| Volitional | 縫おう | ぬおう nuou |
| Imperative | 縫え | ぬえ nue |
| Conditional (~ba) | 縫えば | ぬえば nueba |
Kanji in 縫う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 縫う.
Source: JMdict entry 1517700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.