合う（あう）
JLPT N4 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: to fit / match
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 合います | あいます |
| te-form | 合って | あって |
| ta-form (past) | 合った | あった |
| nai-form (negative) | 合わない | あわない |
| potential form | 合える | あえる |
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Example sentences
- このネクタイはスーツによく合う。 — This tie goes really well with the suit.
- 意見が合わなかったので、よく話し合った。 — Since our opinions didn't match, we talked it over thoroughly.
Idioms & proverbs containing “合う”
- 袖振り合うも他生の縁 (そでふりあうもたしょうのえん) — even a chance meeting can lead to a deep bond; even a chance meeting is due to the karma of a previous life
- 袖すり合うも多生の縁 (そですりあうもたしょうのえん) — a meeting by chance is preordained
- 合うも不思議、合わぬも不思議 (あうもふしぎ、あわぬもふしぎ) — dreams and fortune-telling are hit-and-miss
- 肌が合う (はだがあう) — to be compatible; to get along well
- 息が合う (いきがあう) — to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
- 肌に合う (はだにあう) — to suit one's skin (of cosmetics); to agree with one's skin
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