I Love Kanji倣う (narau)
倣う (ならう, narau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to imitate; to follow”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ならう
- Romaji
- narau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 倣う
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 | 倣う | ならう narau |
| Polite (~masu) | 倣います | ならいます naraimasu |
| Negative | 倣わない | ならわない narawanai |
| Polite negative | 倣いません | ならいません naraimasen |
| Past | 倣った | ならった naratta |
| Polite past | 倣いました | ならいました naraimashita |
| Negative past | 倣わなかった | ならわなかった narawanakatta |
| Te-form | 倣って | ならって naratte |
| Potential | 倣える | ならえる naraeru |
| Passive | 倣われる | ならわれる narawareru |
| Causative | 倣わせる | ならわせる narawaseru |
| Volitional | 倣おう | ならおう naraou |
| Imperative | 倣え | ならえ narae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 倣えば | ならえば naraeba |
Kanji in 倣う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 倣う.
Source: JMdict entry 1599680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.