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お 負う
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Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
1. to carry on one's back; to bear; to shoulder​
  • お負うた
  • こ子
  • に
  • おし教えられて
  • あさせ浅瀬
  • を
  • わた渡る
    • 。
A child on your back may guide you across a ford.
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
2. to take (responsibility); to assume; to accept; to bear (the blame, costs, etc.); to have (a duty, obligation, etc.); to become responsible for; to be burdened with (work, debt, etc.)​
  • これ
  • について
  • は
  • わたし私
  • が
  • すべて
  • せきにん責任
  • を
  • お負います
    • 。
I will accept full responsibility for this.
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
3. to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound); to receive; to incur (a loss, damage, etc.)​
  • かれ彼
  • は
  • ちめいしょう致命傷
  • を
  • お負った
    • 。
He suffered a fatal wound.
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
4. to owe (a debt of gratitude to); to be indebted to​as ...に負う
  • わずかながら
  • わたし私の
  • う受けた
  • しどう指導
  • を
  • わたし私
  • は
  • わかもの若者
  • に
  • お負っている
    • 。
What little guidance I had I owe to a young man.
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
5. to have (something) behind one; to be backed by​

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