JLPT N3 · Verb

支える (sasaeru)

支える (ささえる, sasaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to support; to prop”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ささえる
Romaji
sasaeru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to hold at bay; to stem; to check · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

このくらいの収穫量では、そこの経済を支えるのに十分ではありません。
That amount of crops isn't enough to support their economy.
なんとかそこで支えよ。入市を許すな。
Hold them there! Don't let them into the city!

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

Conjugation of 支える

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

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary支えるささえる sasaeru
Polite (~masu)支えますささえます sasaemasu
Negative支えないささえない sasaenai
Polite negative支えませんささえません sasaemasen
Past支えたささえた sasaeta
Polite past支えましたささえました sasaemashita
Negative past支えなかったささえなかった sasaenakatta
Te-form支えてささえて sasaete
Potential支えられるささえられる sasaerareru
Passive支えられるささえられる sasaerareru
Causative支えさせるささえさせる sasaesaseru
Volitional支えようささえよう sasaeyou
Imperative支えろささえろ sasaero
Conditional (~ba)支えればささえれば sasaereba

Kanji in 支える

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 支える.

Source: JMdict entry 1310090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.