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習う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 習う | 習わない |
| Polite | 習います | 習いません |
| Past polite | 習いました | 習いませんでした |
| Past | 習った | 習わなかった |
| Te-form | 習って | 習わないで |
| Desire | 習いたい | 習いたくない |
| Potential | 習える | 習えない |
| Passive | 習われる | 習われない |
| Causative | 習わせる | 習わせない |
| Causative passive | 習わせられるalso 習わされる | 習わせられないalso 習わされない |
| Volitional | 習おう | |
| Polite volitional | 習いましょう | |
| Imperative | 習え | 習うな |
| Conditional | 習えば | 習わなければ |
| Tara conditional | 習ったら | 習わなかったら |
Meanings
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godan verb (-u), transitive verb
learn from a teacher; take lessons in; be taught
Implies receiving instruction from a person, not self-study. Used for skills, subjects, or arts learned under a teacher.
I take piano lessons once a week.
He learned French in high school.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉に〈事〉を習うto learn something from someone
I'm taking piano lessons from Mr. Tanaka.
- 〈事〉を習いに行くto go take lessons in something
I go take dance lessons on the weekends.
- 学校で〈事〉を習うto be taught something at school
I learned calligraphy in elementary school.
Expressions· 7
- 世の習いthe way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances of life
- 浮世の習いthe way of the world; the inescapable circumstances of life; just the way things are
- 八十の手習いyou're never too old to learn
- 六十の手習いbeginning to learn when old; it's never too late to learn
- 習い性となるhabit becomes second nature
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- 習うより慣れろpractice makes perfect; experience is the best teacher; you learn best by doing
- 性相近し、習い相遠しby nature, near together; by practice, far apart