I Love Kanji甘える (amaeru)
甘える (あまえる, amaeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あまえる
- Romaji
- amaeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on · ichidan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 甘える
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 甘える | あまえる amaeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 甘えます | あまえます amaemasu |
| Negative | 甘えない | あまえない amaenai |
| Polite negative | 甘えません | あまえません amaemasen |
| Past | 甘えた | あまえた amaeta |
| Polite past | 甘えました | あまえました amaemashita |
| Negative past | 甘えなかった | あまえなかった amaenakatta |
| Te-form | 甘えて | あまえて amaete |
| Potential | 甘えられる | あまえられる amaerareru |
| Passive | 甘えられる | あまえられる amaerareru |
| Causative | 甘えさせる | あまえさせる amaesaseru |
| Volitional | 甘えよう | あまえよう amaeyou |
| Imperative | 甘えろ | あまえろ amaero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 甘えれば | あまえれば amaereba |
Kanji in 甘える
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 甘える.
Source: JMdict entry 1213440 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.