I Love Kanji誓う (chikau)
誓う (ちかう, chikau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to swear; to vow”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ちかう
- Romaji
- chikau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 誓う
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 | 誓う | ちかう chikau |
| Polite (~masu) | 誓います | ちかいます chikaimasu |
| Negative | 誓わない | ちかわない chikawanai |
| Polite negative | 誓いません | ちかいません chikaimasen |
| Past | 誓った | ちかった chikatta |
| Polite past | 誓いました | ちかいました chikaimashita |
| Negative past | 誓わなかった | ちかわなかった chikawanakatta |
| Te-form | 誓って | ちかって chikatte |
| Potential | 誓える | ちかえる chikaeru |
| Passive | 誓われる | ちかわれる chikawareru |
| Causative | 誓わせる | ちかわせる chikawaseru |
| Volitional | 誓おう | ちかおう chikaou |
| Imperative | 誓え | ちかえ chikae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 誓えば | ちかえば chikaeba |
Kanji in 誓う
Source: JMdict entry 1381210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.