I Love Kanji給う (tamau)
給う (たまう, tamau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to give”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- たまう
- Romaji
- tamau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to give · godan verb, transitive · honorific
- to do ... · suffix, godan verb · honorific · after the -masu stem of a verb
Example sentences
我々に生命を与えた神は我々に同時に自由を与え給うた。
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 給う
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 | 給う | たまう tamau |
| Polite (~masu) | 給います | たまいます tamaimasu |
| Negative | 給わない | たまわない tamawanai |
| Polite negative | 給いません | たまいません tamaimasen |
| Past | 給った | たまった tamatta |
| Polite past | 給いました | たまいました tamaimashita |
| Negative past | 給わなかった | たまわなかった tamawanakatta |
| Te-form | 給って | たまって tamatte |
| Potential | 給える | たまえる tamaeru |
| Passive | 給われる | たまわれる tamawareru |
| Causative | 給わせる | たまわせる tamawaseru |
| Volitional | 給おう | たまおう tamaou |
| Imperative | 給え | たまえ tamae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 給えば | たまえば tamaeba |
Kanji in 給う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 給う.
支給しきゅうprovision給料きゅうりょうsalary供給きょうきゅうsupply給与きゅうよpay月給げっきゅうmonthly salary配給はいきゅうdistribution (e.g. films, rice)給食きゅうしょくprovision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.)補給ほきゅうsupply給仕きゅうじwaiting on a table
Source: JMdict entry 1230220 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.