"誓う" meaning in Japanese

See 誓う in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [t͡ɕi̥ka̠ɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: Probably originally a compound of 血 (chi, “blood”) + 交う (kau, “to cross, to blend, to mix”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|血|交う|sort=ちかう|t1=blood|t2=to cross, to blend, to mix|tr1=chi|tr2=kau}} 血 (chi, “blood”) + 交う (kau, “to cross, to blend, to mix”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|ちかう|hhira=ちかふ|tr=trans|type=1}} 誓(ちか)う • (chikau) ^(←ちかふ (tikafu)?)transitive godan (stem 誓(ちか)い (chikai), past 誓(ちか)った (chikatta)) Forms: 誓う [canonical] (ruby: (ちか)), chikau [romanization], tikafu [romanization], 誓い [stem] (ruby: (ちか)), 誓った [past] (ruby: (ちか)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 誓わ [error-unrecognized-form], ちかわ [error-unrecognized-form], chikawa [error-unrecognized-form], 誓い [error-unrecognized-form], ちかい [error-unrecognized-form], chikai [error-unrecognized-form], 誓う [error-unrecognized-form], ちかう [error-unrecognized-form], chikau [error-unrecognized-form], 誓え [error-unrecognized-form], ちかえ [error-unrecognized-form], chikae [error-unrecognized-form], 誓われる [passive], ちかわれる [passive], chikawareru [passive], 誓わせる [causative], 誓わす [causative], ちかわせる [causative], ちかわす [causative], chikawaseru [causative], chikawasu [causative], 誓える [potential], ちかえる [potential], chikaeru [potential], 誓おう [volitional], ちかおう [volitional], chikaō [volitional], 誓わない [negative], ちかわない [negative], chikawanai [negative], 誓わず [continuative, negative], ちかわず [continuative, negative], chikawazu [continuative, negative], 誓います [formal], ちかいます [formal], chikaimasu [formal], 誓った [perfective], ちかった [perfective], chikatta [perfective], 誓って [conjunctive], ちかって [conjunctive], chikatte [conjunctive], 誓えば [conditional, hypothetical], ちかえば [conditional, hypothetical], chikaeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to swear, to pledge, to make an oath, to vow

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "血",
        "3": "交う",
        "sort": "ちかう",
        "t1": "blood",
        "t2": "to cross, to blend, to mix",
        "tr1": "chi",
        "tr2": "kau"
      },
      "expansion": "血 (chi, “blood”) + 交う (kau, “to cross, to blend, to mix”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably originally a compound of 血 (chi, “blood”) + 交う (kau, “to cross, to blend, to mix”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "誓う",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "誓",
          "ちか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikau",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tikafu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓い",
      "roman": "chikai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "誓",
          "ちか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓った",
      "roman": "chikatta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "誓",
          "ちか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ちかう",
        "hhira": "ちかふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "誓(ちか)う • (chikau) ^(←ちかふ (tikafu)?)transitive godan (stem 誓(ちか)い (chikai), past 誓(ちか)った (chikatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We swore vengeance.",
          "roman": "Fukushū o chikatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "復讐",
              "ふくしゅう"
            ],
            [
              "誓",
              "ちか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "復讐を誓った。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to swear, to pledge, to make an oath, to vow"
      ],
      "id": "en-誓う-ja-verb-hCnjsgkt",
      "links": [
        [
          "swear",
          "swear"
        ],
        [
          "pledge",
          "pledge"
        ],
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ],
        [
          "vow",
          "vow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちかう"
    },
    {
      "other": "ちかう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕi̥ka̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "誓う"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "血",
        "3": "交う",
        "sort": "ちかう",
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        "t2": "to cross, to blend, to mix",
        "tr1": "chi",
        "tr2": "kau"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably originally a compound of 血 (chi, “blood”) + 交う (kau, “to cross, to blend, to mix”).",
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          "ちか"
        ]
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      "form": "chikau",
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      "form": "tikafu",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "誓い",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "誓",
          "ちか"
        ]
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        "stem"
      ]
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      "form": "誓った",
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          "誓",
          "ちか"
        ]
      ],
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        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikaeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikaō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikawazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikaimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikatta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikatte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "誓えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちかえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chikaeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ちかう",
        "hhira": "ちかふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "誓(ちか)う • (chikau) ^(←ちかふ (tikafu)?)transitive godan (stem 誓(ちか)い (chikai), past 誓(ちか)った (chikatta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
        "Japanese transitive verbs",
        "Japanese type 1 verbs",
        "Japanese verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We swore vengeance.",
          "roman": "Fukushū o chikatta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "復讐",
              "ふくしゅう"
            ],
            [
              "誓",
              "ちか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "復讐を誓った。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to swear, to pledge, to make an oath, to vow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swear",
          "swear"
        ],
        [
          "pledge",
          "pledge"
        ],
        [
          "oath",
          "oath"
        ],
        [
          "vow",
          "vow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ちかう"
    },
    {
      "other": "ちかう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕi̥ka̠ɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "誓う"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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