せおう – Vocabulary details

せおう

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)

1. to carry on one's back

背せ負おった時ときの感かん覚かくで大だい体たいの重おもさはわかる。You can roughly tell the weight by the sensation when carrying it on your back.

2. to be burdened with; to take responsibility for

これは私わたしが背せ負おうべき罪つみです。This is a sin that I must bear.

3. to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)

山やまを背せ負おった小ちいさな村むらで育そだった。I grew up in a small village with mountains behind it.

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

せ

お

う

Conjugations...Used in: 68

Composed of

せ

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

おう

to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

Used in vocabulary (1 in total)

じゅうじかをせおう

to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden

Examples (13 in total)

彼かれは袋ふくろをせおっている。

He carries a bag on his back.

そんなリスクをせおいたくない。

I'd prefer not to take that risk.

彼かの女じょは赤あかん坊ぼうをせおっていた。

She was carrying the baby on her back.

彼かれは国くにをせおう男おとこだ。

He is a man who bears the burden of the nation.

これは私わたしがせおうべき罪つみです。

This is a sin that I must bear.

山やまをせおった小ちいさな村むらで育そだった。

I grew up in a small village with mountains behind it.

少しょう年ねんをせおい、俺おれは洞どう窟くつをあとにした。

Carrying the boy on my back, I left the cave.

行ぎょう商しょう人にんは大おおきな包つつみをせおって運はこんだ。

The peddler carried a big bundle on his back.

せおった時ときの感かん覚かくで大だい体たいの重おもさはわかる。

You can roughly tell the weight by the sensation when carrying it on your back.

私わたしはその重おもたい袋ふくろをせおって運はこんだ。

I carried the heavy bag on my back.

夕ゆう日ひをせおって、彼かれがこちらへ歩あるいてきた。

He came walking toward me with the setting sun behind him.

一いっ国こくをせおう身みとなると、それも難むずかしい。

When one bears the weight of an entire nation, even that is difficult.

同おなじ体たい格かくなら物ものをせおっている自じ分ぶんの方ほうが不ふ利りになる。