JLPT N5 · Verb

渡す (watasu)

渡す (わたす, watasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
わたす
Romaji
watasu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse · godan verb, transitive
  2. to lay across; to build across · godan verb, transitive
  3. to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

走者がリレーでバトンを渡さなければなりません。
A runner must pass the baton in a relay race.
わたしを向こう側へわたしてください。
Please take me over to the other side.
それじゃあこのメモを渡してください。緊急です。
Then, please give him this note. This is urgent.

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

Conjugation of 渡す

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary渡すわたす watasu
Polite (~masu)渡しますわたします watashimasu
Negative渡さないわたさない watasanai
Polite negative渡しませんわたしません watashimasen
Past渡したわたした watashita
Polite past渡しましたわたしました watashimashita
Negative past渡さなかったわたさなかった watasanakatta
Te-form渡してわたして watashite
Potential渡せるわたせる wataseru
Passive渡されるわたされる watasareru
Causative渡させるわたさせる watasaseru
Volitional渡そうわたそう watasou
Imperative渡せわたせ watase
Conditional (~ba)渡せばわたせば wataseba

Kanji in 渡す

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 渡す.

渡るわたるto cross over渡り鳥わたりどりmigratory bird橋渡しはしわたしmediation見渡すみわたすto look out over

Source: JMdict entry 1444610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.