JLPT N1 · Verb

据える (sueru)

据える (すえる, sueru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to place (in position); to fix”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
すえる
Romaji
sueru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation) · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to install; to seat (someone) · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze) · ichidan verb, transitive
  4. to apply (moxa) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

中央には机が据えられていて、赤い革張りの回転椅子がそえてあった。
A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel chair.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 据える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary据えるすえる sueru
Polite (~masu)据えますすえます suemasu
Negative据えないすえない suenai
Polite negative据えませんすえません suemasen
Past据えたすえた sueta
Polite past据えましたすえました suemashita
Negative past据えなかったすえなかった suenakatta
Te-form据えてすえて suete
Potential据えられるすえられる suerareru
Passive据えられるすえられる suerareru
Causative据えさせるすえさせる suesaseru
Volitional据えようすえよう sueyou
Imperative据えろすえろ suero
Conditional (~ba)据えればすえれば suereba

Kanji in 据える

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 据える.

据え付けるすえつけるto install

Source: JMdict entry 1373480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.