"救う" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝː]
Etymology: Cognate with Japanese 掬う. Etymology templates: {{cog|ja|掬う}} Japanese 掬う Head templates: {{ja-verb|すくう|tr=trans|type=1}} 救(すく)う • (sukuu) transitive godan (stem 救(すく)い (sukui), past 救(すく)った (sukutta)) Forms: 救う [canonical] (ruby: (すく)), sukuu [romanization], 救い [stem] (ruby: (すく)), 救った [past] (ruby: (すく)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 救わ [error-unrecognized-form], すくわ [error-unrecognized-form], sukuwa [error-unrecognized-form], 救い [error-unrecognized-form], すくい [error-unrecognized-form], sukui [error-unrecognized-form], 救う [error-unrecognized-form], すくう [error-unrecognized-form], sukuu [error-unrecognized-form], 救え [error-unrecognized-form], すくえ [error-unrecognized-form], sukue [error-unrecognized-form], 救われる [passive], すくわれる [passive], sukuwareru [passive], 救わせる [causative], 救わす [causative], すくわせる [causative], すくわす [causative], sukuwaseru [causative], sukuwasu [causative], 救える [potential], すくえる [potential], sukueru [potential], 救おう [volitional], すくおう [volitional], sukuō [volitional], 救わない [negative], すくわない [negative], sukuwanai [negative], 救わず [continuative, negative], すくわず [continuative, negative], sukuwazu [continuative, negative], 救います [formal], すくいます [formal], sukuimasu [formal], 救った [perfective], すくった [perfective], sukutta [perfective], 救って [conjunctive], すくって [conjunctive], sukutte [conjunctive], 救えば [conditional, hypothetical], すくえば [conditional, hypothetical], sukueba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. save, rescue, relieve
    Sense id: en-救う-ja-verb-NH0W7TBa Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 88 12
  2. get someone back on the right track
    Sense id: en-救う-ja-verb-Ttu3CoT3

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  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Japanese 掬う.",
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      "form": "救わ",
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      "form": "すくわ",
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      "form": "sukuwa",
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    {
      "form": "救え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "すくえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sukue",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "救われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すくわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sukuwareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "救わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "救わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "すくわせる",
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      "form": "すくわす",
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        "causative"
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      "form": "sukuwaseru",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "sukuwasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "救える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "すくえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sukueru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "救おう",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "sukuō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "救わない",
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        "continuative",
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    },
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      "form": "sukuwazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
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      "form": "救います",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "すくいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sukuimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "救った",
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        "perfective"
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      "form": "すくった",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "sukutta",
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      "form": "sukutte",
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        "hypothetical"
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      "form": "すくえば",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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      "form": "sukueba",
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        "hypothetical"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "58 42",
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        {
          "english": "This dog is trained to rescue climbers who have met with accidents.",
          "roman": "Kono inu wa yama no sōnansha o sukuu yō ni kunren sarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "犬",
              "いぬ"
            ],
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "遭難者",
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            [
              "救",
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              "訓練",
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              "救",
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              "固",
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      "other": "すくう"
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    {
      "ipa": "[sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "救う"
}
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      "form": "救え",
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      "form": "すくえ",
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      "form": "sukuwaseru",
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        "causative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "救える",
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    },
    {
      "form": "すくえる",
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        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "sukueru",
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    {
      "form": "救おう",
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      "form": "sukuō",
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      "form": "救わない",
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      "form": "sukuwazu",
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      "form": "救います",
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      "form": "すくいます",
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        "formal"
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      "form": "sukuimasu",
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      ]
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      "form": "救った",
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      "form": "sukutte",
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        "conditional",
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      "form": "すくえば",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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        {
          "english": "This dog is trained to rescue climbers who have met with accidents.",
          "roman": "Kono inu wa yama no sōnansha o sukuu yō ni kunren sarete iru.",
          "ruby": [
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              "犬",
              "いぬ"
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              "山",
              "やま"
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              "遭難者",
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              "救",
              "すく"
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              "訓練",
              "くんれん"
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          "english": "an incurable slob",
          "roman": "sukui-gatai mujōmono",
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              "救",
              "すく"
            ],
            [
              "固",
              "がた"
            ],
            [
              "無情者",
              "むじょうもの"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "救い固い無情者"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "get someone back on the right track"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "すくう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɨ̥ᵝkɯ̟ᵝː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "救う"
}

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