I Love Kanji寝かせる (nekaseru)
寝かせる (ねかせる, nekaseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to put to bed; to let sleep”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ねかせる
- Romaji
- nekaseru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to put to bed; to let sleep · ichidan verb, transitive
- to lay (something) down; to put on its side · ichidan verb, transitive
- to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused; to let (stock) lie unsold · ichidan verb, transitive
- to (let) ferment; to (let) age; to let (dough) rise; to lay down (wine) · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
机の上に寝かせて置くと転がって落ちることがあるので、試験管立てに立てておく。
If you leave them lying on the desk they may roll off, so stand them in the test-tube rack.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 寝かせる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 寝かせる | ねかせる nekaseru |
| Polite (~masu) | 寝かせます | ねかせます nekasemasu |
| Negative | 寝かせない | ねかせない nekasenai |
| Polite negative | 寝かせません | ねかせません nekasemasen |
| Past | 寝かせた | ねかせた nekaseta |
| Polite past | 寝かせました | ねかせました nekasemashita |
| Negative past | 寝かせなかった | ねかせなかった nekasenakatta |
| Te-form | 寝かせて | ねかせて nekasete |
| Potential | 寝かせられる | ねかせられる nekaserareru |
| Passive | 寝かせられる | ねかせられる nekaserareru |
| Causative | 寝かせさせる | ねかせさせる nekasesaseru |
| Volitional | 寝かせよう | ねかせよう nekaseyou |
| Imperative | 寝かせろ | ねかせろ nekasero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 寝かせれば | ねかせれば nekasereba |
Kanji in 寝かせる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 寝かせる.
寝るねるto sleep (lying down)寝坊ねぼうsleeping in late寝台しんだいbed寝巻ねまきnightclothes昼寝ひるね(afternoon) nap朝寝坊あさねぼうsleeping late in the morning寝間着ねまきnightclothesうたた寝うたたねdoze
Source: JMdict entry 1359970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.