I Love Kanji添える (soeru)
添える (そえる, soeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そえる
- Romaji
- soeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to add to as support; to prop up · ichidan verb, transitive
- to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.) · ichidan verb, transitive
- to mimic; to imitate · ichidan verb, transitive · archaic
- to draw something near to oneself; to approach nearby · ichidan verb, transitive · archaic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 添える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 添える | そえる soeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 添えます | そえます soemasu |
| Negative | 添えない | そえない soenai |
| Polite negative | 添えません | そえません soemasen |
| Past | 添えた | そえた soeta |
| Polite past | 添えました | そえました soemashita |
| Negative past | 添えなかった | そえなかった soenakatta |
| Te-form | 添えて | そえて soete |
| Potential | 添えられる | そえられる soerareru |
| Passive | 添えられる | そえられる soerareru |
| Causative | 添えさせる | そえさせる soesaseru |
| Volitional | 添えよう | そえよう soeyou |
| Imperative | 添えろ | そえろ soero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 添えれば | そえれば soereba |
Kanji in 添える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 添える.
添うそうto meet (wishes, expectations, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1596490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.