I Love Kanji襲う (osou)
襲う (おそう, osou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to attack; to assail”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おそう
- Romaji
- osou
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down · godan verb, transitive
- to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.) · godan verb, transitive
- to make a sudden visit · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 襲う
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 | 襲う | おそう osou |
| Polite (~masu) | 襲います | おそいます osoimasu |
| Negative | 襲わない | おそわない osowanai |
| Polite negative | 襲いません | おそいません osoimasen |
| Past | 襲った | おそった osotta |
| Polite past | 襲いました | おそいました osoimashita |
| Negative past | 襲わなかった | おそわなかった osowanakatta |
| Te-form | 襲って | おそって osotte |
| Potential | 襲える | おそえる osoeru |
| Passive | 襲われる | おそわれる osowareru |
| Causative | 襲わせる | おそわせる osowaseru |
| Volitional | 襲おう | おそおう osoou |
| Imperative | 襲え | おそえ osoe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 襲えば | おそえば osoeba |
Kanji in 襲う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 襲う.
Source: JMdict entry 1333330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.