I Love Kanji撫でる (naderu)
撫でる (なでる, naderu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stroke; to caress”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- なでる
- Romaji
- naderu
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to pet; to pat · ichidan verb, transitive
- to comb (hair); to smooth down · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
母はため息をつきながら、高校一年生にもなった息子の頭をがしがしと撫でた。
Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her first-year high school son's head.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 撫でる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 撫でる | なでる naderu |
| Polite (~masu) | 撫でます | なでます nademasu |
| Negative | 撫でない | なでない nadenai |
| Polite negative | 撫でません | なでません nademasen |
| Past | 撫でた | なでた nadeta |
| Polite past | 撫でました | なでました nademashita |
| Negative past | 撫でなかった | なでなかった nadenakatta |
| Te-form | 撫でて | なでて nadete |
| Potential | 撫でられる | なでられる naderareru |
| Passive | 撫でられる | なでられる naderareru |
| Causative | 撫でさせる | なでさせる nadesaseru |
| Volitional | 撫でよう | なでよう nadeyou |
| Imperative | 撫でろ | なでろ nadero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 撫でれば | なでれば nadereba |
Kanji in 撫でる
Source: JMdict entry 1498290 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.