I Love Kanji救う (sukuu)
救う (すくう, sukuu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to rescue (someone); to save”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- すくう
- Romaji
- sukuu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to relieve (from) · godan verb, transitive
- to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.); to bring to salvation · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 救う
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 | 救う | すくう sukuu |
| Polite (~masu) | 救います | すくいます sukuimasu |
| Negative | 救わない | すくわない sukuwanai |
| Polite negative | 救いません | すくいません sukuimasen |
| Past | 救った | すくった sukutta |
| Polite past | 救いました | すくいました sukuimashita |
| Negative past | 救わなかった | すくわなかった sukuwanakatta |
| Te-form | 救って | すくって sukutte |
| Potential | 救える | すくえる sukueru |
| Passive | 救われる | すくわれる sukuwareru |
| Causative | 救わせる | すくわせる sukuwaseru |
| Volitional | 救おう | すくおう sukuou |
| Imperative | 救え | すくえ sukue |
| Conditional (~ba) | 救えば | すくえば sukueba |
Kanji in 救う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 救う.
Source: JMdict entry 1229060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.