JLPT N4 · Verb

足す (tasu)

足す (たす, tasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to add (numbers)”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たす
Romaji: tasu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to add (numbers) · godan verb, transitive
to add (something); to top up (with something) · godan verb, transitive
to take care of (e.g. one's business) · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

６０にするためには１７に何を足せばよいの。

What do you have to add to 17 to get 60?

Tatoeba #235090

もしコーヒーが濃すぎれば、いくらかお湯を足して下さい。

If the coffee is too strong, add some more water.

Tatoeba #193870

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

Conjugation of 足す

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	足す	たす tasu
Polite (~masu)	足します	たします tashimasu
Negative	足さない	たさない tasanai
Polite negative	足しません	たしません tashimasen
Past	足した	たした tashita
Polite past	足しました	たしました tashimashita
Negative past	足さなかった	たさなかった tasanakatta
Te-form	足して	たして tashite
Potential	足せる	たせる taseru
Passive	足される	たされる tasareru
Causative	足させる	たさせる tasaseru
Volitional	足そう	たそう tasou
Imperative	足せ	たせ tase
Conditional (~ba)	足せば	たせば taseba

Kanji in 足す

leg, foot, be sufficientソク・あし・た.りる · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 足す.

足あしfoot足りるたりるto be sufficient満足まんぞくsatisfaction足袋たびtabi不足ふそくinsufficiency足跡あしあとfootprints足元あしもとat one's feet遠足えんそくschool trip足るたるto be sufficient足そくcounter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.裸足はだしbarefoot補足ほそくsupplement発足ほっそくstarting駆け足かけあしrunning fast

Source: JMdict entry 1404700 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.