I Love Kanji賄う (makanau)
賄う (まかなう, makanau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まかなう
- Romaji
- makanau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to finance; to maintain (e.g. a family) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to give board; to provide meals · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 賄う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 賄う | まかなう makanau |
| Polite (~masu) | 賄います | まかないます makanaimasu |
| Negative | 賄わない | まかなわない makanawanai |
| Polite negative | 賄いません | まかないません makanaimasen |
| Past | 賄った | まかなった makanatta |
| Polite past | 賄いました | まかないました makanaimashita |
| Negative past | 賄わなかった | まかなわなかった makanawanakatta |
| Te-form | 賄って | まかなって makanatte |
| Potential | 賄える | まかなえる makanaeru |
| Passive | 賄われる | まかなわれる makanawareru |
| Causative | 賄わせる | まかなわせる makanawaseru |
| Volitional | 賄おう | まかなおう makanaou |
| Imperative | 賄え | まかなえ makanae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 賄えば | まかなえば makanaeba |
Kanji in 賄う
Source: JMdict entry 1562510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.